Short Story: Empire Island

“After that whisky, which was WAY too hot for you, I imagine,” Brady chuckled a bit, ”You started to chug a bunch of tap water, and less than a minute later, you fell to the ground, rattling faster than a rattlesnake. It would have been funny, if you weren’t almost dying,” I summarized. “There is something else I need to tell you about, but you won’t like it.”

The average U.S. citizen emits about four pounds of municipal solid waste each day. While this number may seem insignificant, think about approximately four pounds multiplied by our current population of about 318.9 million, or the population of Earth, 7.125 billion. With this in mind, think about all of the other detrimental effects we are causing to our planet. Most humans are not concerned for our planet, nor do we care about other species inhabiting Earth, which may lead us to consider other ways of living, such as Nash’s idea of an island civilization.

“Mama?” Almost immediately I cannot detect her red curly hair anymore, I can only hear her cry my name, “Sonny!” My heart drops down to my feet the second I cannot hear her voice calling my name anymore. What do I do? Do I ask for help? How come when something finally goes right, something goes wrong? Mother and I just finished the Ellis Island inspection and become separated. With no clue where I stand, I have a mini panic attack. To make everything worse, it’s ice-cold out here.

These examples show both the author’s and the protagonist’s challenge to the order of things and the complete belief the character has. The best example of this is on line eight when the king says that he ‘shall not give you the boat’ the man replies ‘with calm assurance’ ‘you will’.

To begin with, after being told her husband’s secret, she deserted him for a “less dangerous man”. She said the following: “Fair friend," said she, "be happy. That which you have coveted so long a time, I will grant without delay. Never again will I deny your suit. My heart, and all I have to give, are yours, so take me now as love and dame.”

With all preparations made for our big water crossing, provisions laid in, fresh water on board, poop tanks emptied, cooler packed with ice and beer, fuel tanks filled up, we left Sanibel knowing it would be many days before we saw civilization again. After a night on the anchor at Marco Island, we’d be crossing the Gulf of Mexico, heading do South, Destination - The Keys!

stories during World War II. This gave an impression that all superheros were patriotic, perfect people and never had a problem. Moving ahead in time to 1985, this started the Modern Age of comics and during that time the comic book genre took a dramatic turn. We had just come from the Silver Age, which was wacky and crazy now to the Modern Age that changes back to its roots of psychotic Joker and dark origin stories. This is shown in Batman Begins, when Bruce is about to kill the man who murdered his parents his friend Rachel Dawes found him with a gun about to execute his plan Rachel says “ It's not who we are but what we do that defines us” (Nolan,Batman Begins).

“I’m Randy Kim, I was a police officer before everything went to shit. Most of these guys are prior law enforcement. Look we’re only trying to protect our own.”

“You don't always have to be so mean, Murray,” Ally said, clearly having also become irritated by Murray's boorishness.

The narrator described Miss Tretheway as a woman that was very plain and, “lacks altogether the grain of helter-skelter necessary to any kind of charm”, (Page 3). However, Wes found her beautiful because of her tender hearted, caring, and sweet

It wasn't often, as such, that she got visitors. Particularly men. And even rarer men like this. He seemed older to the priestess, perhaps as much as twice her age. He was solid, rugged, handsome. She felt a little flutter in her chest when she leant down to tend to his wounds, or listened to the powerful, rythmic thump of his heartbeat.

Have you ever wanted to have a vacation at a beautiful island? Well, you’re in luck Santa Catalina is the PERFECT island for you. Catalina (for short) is a island of charm which contains quite a bit of fascinating wildlife. On one of the particular camps, Emerald Bay, you can see bison, Catalina fox, deer, and variety of fish, but it is not the only camp on the island. (There are other camps or cities like Avalon or Two Harbors.) Here is a marvelous, stunning experience that you will NEVER forget! It is a boy scout camp and a part of Mountain Sea Adventure (MSA). Here at Emerald Bay there are many things to learn, explore, and even eat.

Hernan: Dear, stop thinking about him, you need to move, I’ve told you this so many times

It all started on a crisp, chilly and clear day in the fall. A warm hearted, tall peasant with black hair, blue eyes, named Cole was traveling on horseback to his wife and two tiny children who lived extremely far away on another land. On the manor, just ahead of Cole, was a citizen who was stealing a bag of gold. When the citizen saw guards coming towards him he dropped the bags and ran. As Cole approached the same manor, Cole noticed the same bag on the ground and stopped to see what it was. As he looked at the bag laying on the ground, he heard, "Stop right there!" When Cole looked up he saw two guards running angrily towards him and when they got close they grabbed Cole's neck.

He strode into the clan gathering and saw her doing the Highland fling with her kilt and hair whipping around her tight young body. Her smile flashed as she moved to the intricate steps of her dance. Her cheeks flushed and her eyes blazed with a heat which drew him like a moth to a flame. Around and around she swirled and kicked to the music of the bagpipes. As she spun around, he could see her beautiful long legs and the sweet curve of her rounded bottom. Her waist, he realized he could circle with his hands. Her bust was full and appeared to be a plump handful. Her complexion was pale as peaches he’d read about in books from her world. While he enjoyed her dance, passion heated his blood, and Mackenzie recognized she was the young woman from his dream.