44Sacred Blood » I found the vampire!" Eremes said with conviction, excitement sparking fireworks in his emerald eyes, "THE vampire we've always been looking for!" Kavach stared intently at the young man in silence. Eremes smiled nervously. "What, do you want a cookie?"

2 Where Will This Road End? There are two basic questions in life: "How did we end up this way?", and "Where do we go from here?" When yesterday and tomorrow crash violently, you finally realize that where you came from is where you were headed to all along. Entry for the WCC.

2 Paper Cranes Life is a funny thing; it kicks you when you're down, and you never know you've been up until you fall again. A young boy is stuck in a world where the future is only a child's wild fantasy. In order to survive this life, is faith really enough?

3 Plastic Diamonds Beautiful golden necklaces and glimmering diamonds soon transform into rusting brass and a product of paste. A young girl's innocence wither away with her sense of reason, as her body and heart are cruelly toyed with.

Colors of the Mulga Wood Found" poetry based on the novel "Walkabout" by James Vance Marshall. A rather poetic summary of the novel.

7 Echo of Glass A mentally ill girl converses with her reflection in the mirror out of loneliness caused by the exploitation of her unaccepted illness in society.

3 Canvas A very short story about a girl in a broken family who seeks comfort in the mirages of her paintings.

6 Paused Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. On both sides of the line we stand, triggers set. What secrets will these trigger fingers tell? Inspired by the painting "Little Secrets" by Keith Hale. the summary is not quoted from the poem.

4 Wasted This poem illustrates the neverending search for self-worth and personal identity. It is not a haiku. I would love to hear your take on the poem in reviews!