Thelostgeneration Stories

Every Greek tragedy needs an Antigone or a Danaë. Every King Lear needs a Cordelia. Boardwalk Empire positioned itself as both a Greecian tragedy and Shakespearean, and yet forgot that key player who binds everyone together. Not a Boardwalk fan? Don't worry. If you like damaged heroes, the 1920s, Mafia stories, or tales of World War I? Knowledge of the show isn't necessary. Clara Thompson, like everyone around her, is learning to cope in a post-World War I reality. The reality includes Prohibition, which her father (a dirty politician) sees as a chance to consolidate wealth and power. Her pseudo-brother Jimmy is physically back in Atlantic City, but his soul still seems elsewhere. After her father banishes Jimmy to Chicago, Clara chases after him and meets Richard Harrow, a young vet whose war damage isn't confined to his face. Meanwhile, her father's machinations put everyone's lives in danger and contribute to changing familial ties.

!First draft! Since 2030 experiments have been taking place every year to create a weapon. A human weapon. It is now 2046 and Jordan has been chosen to take part in this year's experiments as well as 15 other teenagers. Will they become a weapon of war or will they die trying?

"You remind me of them. They sat at this exact table." . . . . . Started:18/11/2020

I've always seen only one side of Kriester: I've seen rich boys in school uniforms and girls with Michael Kors purses walking the streets as if they owned them. I've seen them driving their German cars. I've seen them paying a coffee with a fifty-dollar-note. I have only seen the image. I have missed that they had brilliant minds. That they were all little geniuses. Augustus, the noble, can read since he was three years old. You can ask him anything about English literature. Alex, the protector, just began to play his eleventh instrument. His voice is smoky from smoking a pipe. Eliza, the unique, could solve a Rubik's Cube in twelve seconds. Titus, the dignified, won the state science competition with his science team the past five years. Fallon, the superior, loves poetry. And then there was Peter, the rock. He reads a lot, but most of the time he draws. Draws landscapes as well as caricatures. They were all like that: great. The best at something they perfected. They were passionate. And I wasn't sure I would ever be able to be one of them. I was Xenia, the foreigner.

Daisy Hart has a story which she cannot share with anyone -not even Adam whom she trust. Adam is puzzled by her behaviour; he cannot believe that such a sweet, beautiful girl can be involved in the brutality of America's underworld. Daisy's tenacity is rewarded, however, and Adam learns just how courageous person she is.