Kallie Tell

A Thanksgiving Challenge

“And this is the ham?” Aunt Abigail asked with trepidation, poking the suspicious looking mystery meat with a serving fork. “No,” says Francine, voice quavering. “It’s the turkey.” Everyone’s eyes at the table widened, and there was a silence.

“Why…” started her mother cautiously in a tone better suited for a hostage negotiator looking to keep a bank robber calm. “Why is it pink?”

Francine burst into tears and sprang up, her chair clattering backwards lou...

Campus Pig

“It's not fair,” wailed Lindsey, face streaked with mascara stained tears. “It's not fair, it's not fair! Draw again, it's not fair!” The circle of 11 women stared down at the hysterical girl in a near tantrum on the floor, their faces an even mix of sympathy and irritation.

“I can’t,” Lindsey whined, before bursting into another soundless wail. “I can’t,” she repeated, panic skewing the pitch of her pleas. “My mom is gonna kill me. And I do soccer. I'm gonna get k...