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Youth Writers Turn Free Time Into Fiction wl Light News FREE OAugust 10, 2018 Volume II, Number 16 OwlLightNews.com Read - Listen - Reflect WritingYouth writers turn the free time future into fiction Clone Warsby Drew Glitch Chapter 1 me and into the kitchen. She sat upon a “Ok, bye, Mom!” I called out after the barstool at the island in the center of the silver convertible that was pulling out of kitchen and picked up the wine glass set the driveway. out for her. I joined her at the stool next to “Dinner is in the fridge! And, Jenna, no her and raised my own glass. “To business boys!” yelled my mother sticking her head trips,” she smirked. out the window. I stood in the doorway “To business trips,” I replied, taking a sip. waving to my mother until the car was suf- “So, when does your mom get back?” ficiently out of view. With a sigh, I walked “Two days,” I mused, falling deep into across the marble floor towards the kitch- her eyes. Her tight red dress matched per- where. Molly and I both searched around the trudge ahead at our own peril and hope en, letting the front door shut behind me. I fectly in hue to her lipstick. “Clearly she room looking for any sign that someone had that-” I was cut off when the lights turned waited just a few minutes to make sure my made an effort, which means she’s into been here, but the room was spotless. on all around me. mother wasn’t going to return for a forgot- me…” I thought. “Jenna! Look!” Molly called out. She “Or we could just flip the switch,” Mol- ten toothbrush or tampon before I whipped “So, is anyone else coming?” she took was standing in front of a bookcase with ly laughed. my phone out of my pocket and dialed. another long sip of her wine. a red book in her hand titled Close. Inside “Yeah, that too…” I said, awkwardly “Hey, Molly! Yeah, she’s gone,” I gig- “No, uh, just you,” I stuttered, tapping there was a small red button. Molly shot shuffling forth down the tunnel. Soon the gled into the phone. my glass with my finger tips. Suddenly, the me a puzzled look before slowly lowering narrow cement walkway widened into a gi- “And you’re sure she’s not coming sound of shattering glass echoed through- her finger onto the button. My heart raced ant space the size of an airplane hanger. In back?” the girl on the other end murmured. out the house. Molly jumped off of her as she got closer and closer to pushing it, I front of me was a large console with mul- “Yes, absolutely. Her flight leaves in stool and clutched my arm. It wasn’t a had no clue what pressing that button may tiple monitors and keyboards, like the Bat- twenty minutes, so if she comes back now, wine glass that broke. do, or might release. Finally, she pressed computer™. I approached it and began typ- she’ll miss it.” I tucked a curl of my black I set my glass down on the counter in it down and with a gentle ‘click’ nothing ing, trying my best to turn everything on. hair behind my ear and waited for an front of me and starting walking towards happened. She pressed it again and still “Jenna.” answer. the origin of the sound. Molly still clung nothing. “What was my mom doing down here?” “Ok, fine. I’ll be right over.” tightly to me as we tip toed forward. Gin- “Wait, it says ‘close!’ There has to be I murmured as the monitor finally started “Great!” I cheered. Hanging up the gerly, I pushed opened the door to my another book that says open, right?” I said, to turn on. phone, I kicked it into high gear. I straight- mother’s office and looked in. It almost scanning both bookshelves, but there was “Jenna, look.” Molly sounded scared, ened up the blue throw pillows nestled felt like I was in a horror movie and I was nothing. but I was too focused on the monitor to into the brown couch, organized the many yelling to myself, Don’t go in there you “Maybe it isn’t a book.” Molly set look up. shades and flavors of shampoo lining the stupid bitch! And yet there I was, stepping down Close and began scanning the room. “Project Footmen? What in the world is shower, used a bobby pin to pop open through towards the sound. With a gasp she zipped to the far corner that?” I continued reading the bright blue the wine cooler and pristinely placed two “Jenna-” Molly whimpered slightly. and picked up a cigar box. On the side in text in front of me. glasses, half full of expensive red wine. “Hello!” I called out. “I called the cops gold letters it said “Open”. She opened it “Jenna, Goddamnit look!” Molly My mother was sure to notice that it was they’re on their way!” I made my way to and pressed the small green button inside. screeched finally pulling my attention gone, but better to ask for forgiveness than the dead fireplace and grabbed one of the The room began to creak and shift as the away from the screen. permission, right? Soon enough, the door- metal pokers. Whoever was in here, they bookshelf behind me moved out of the way “What-” I started looking over the lab. bell rang and standing there was Molly. must’ve left the house. and revealed a secret tunnel. Finally, I noticed what made Molly so Her honey blonde hair was draped gently “Jenna. There’s no broken glass,” Mol- “What the hell?” I sighed, moving to- scared. Rows and rows of tubes filled the over her shoulder and her crystal blue eyes ly said letting go of me and looking around wards the darkness in front of me. I crept large space and inside each and every one popped against her sun-kissed skin. She the room. in with Molly close behind me. of them was a girl. And they all looked ex- looked beautiful. “What?” I gasped slightly looking down. “It’s way too dark in there to see.” Mol- actly the same. “Is that?” “You look, uh, you look-” She was right, whatever broke had definitely ly stopped. “It’s you, Jenna.” Molly clung onto me “Thanks,” she cut me off, brushing past come from here, but there was no glass any- “We’ll just have to brave the darkness, again, “They’re all you.” Letters and Commentary - 2 Featuredi Fiction: Summer Youth Theatre - 4 & 5 Cloneon by Wars:Quinten ChapterSager 1 by Drew Glitch - Front The Park Theatre - Avon, NY - 5 Sam - Sam, The FBI Man by Teagan Acoff - 3 Collecting Art in the FL - 7 Reba the Lizard Queen by Quinten Sager - 6 Farm Markets - 8 Scouting for Myself by Katie Egan - 10 Chickens in your back yard - 9 Reverse minimalist game - 11 Magic Happens with the Owl! Allens Hill: The People - 13 agic happens with every issue of Owl Light News. This issue is rich with the Community Calendar 14-15 magic of youthful creativity - just in time for back to school. I had the incredible Mpleasure of reading—and consequently sharing with Owl readers everywhere—not 1, not 2, not 3, but 4 incredible fiction stories and/or excerpts from young writers (part of a writing group hosted by the Wood Library in Canandaigua, NY- see p. 3). Inside you plus ...The Back Page can also find stories about several summer youth theatre experiences. I also had the pleasure of speaking to several young chalk artists—and a few adult artists, young at heart—at this year’s Dansville Art Festival. Go online at Owl LightNews.com to see Owl-at-Home delivery? Page 3 some of the awesome chalk art and to see more images and stories on the go - in color. Check out OwlLightNews.com for more great articles on the go! Watching the future Letters and Commentary Call for changes to help with Honeoye algae unfold To the Editor: oneoye Lake is unique among the Finger Lakes battling toxic algae. There is a solu- tion for Honeoye Lake, unlike the others. The fix is to treat the lake with aluminum Hsulfate, a chemical compound already used across the U.S. in municipal water purifica- tion as well as to clarify ponds and lakes. It is an EPA-approved treatment everywhere except New York. Unfortunately the New York DEC has decided without substance that aluminum sul- fate is a “herbicide” even though not one other regulatory body classifies it as such. What’s more, the same stonewalling DEC treated Honeoye Lake in 2006 with half the required chemical. The outcome produced three consecutive years of crystalline Hone- oye Lake waters with no toxic algae blooms or ill-effects to the environment, reports the Honeoye Valley Association – a group known for its exacting attention to the health of Honeoye Lake. Still, the DEC has taken Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposed $65 million to fight toxic algae and is using it to produce useless dog and pony shows around the Finger Lakes to tell residents and local government officials what they already know: HABs exist. Can be harmful. No one has a solid solution. More government regulation is needed. The rub in that glossy argument is Honeoye. Honeoye Lake is shallow. The nutrients that feed the blooming of HABs are at the bottom of the lake.
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