“Congratulations,” they said, not realizing that your grades and your GPA and your class rank won’t protect you from lying awake in the middle of the night knowing he was right; no one will notice if you�...

Far down the road, beyond Raven’s Stream, just past the brush, was a quaint little cottage, tucked ever so neatly in the trees. Streams of water poured from the roof in an ethereal manner, enforcing emotional transcendence. Such a...