Nichole Bonham
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Bomb Pops Away!
Let's talk about conditioning. You know what I mean: the Pavlov's dog type of thing. But I'm not talking about dogs. I'm talking about American kids and ice cream trucks. If you can resist that wonky tune as it grows closer on a hot summer day, then your local ice cream truck guy was a lot less skilled than mine was. I was carefully conditioned to a specific response. A response that was so ingrained that even years later it could override all bonds, including the bonds of marriage and basic human decency. At least, that's my story and I'm sticking to it.
By Nichole Bonham4 years ago in Humans
Rider Academy
There weren't always dragons in the Valley. Brianna didn’t remember it, but her grandmother told stories about that before-time, before the dragon-rider school came to Salt Lake City. It was hard to credit but Nana’s stories always focused on how much better she thought life was before the dragons came. Brianna just figured it was sour grapes because Nana wasn’t chosen as a rider and her best friend was. Not that Nana ever told that story. Brianna figured it out herself when she was flipping through Nana’s old high school yearbook, class of 2023. Right there on the inside front cover, surrounded by a huge heart someone had drawn, was an epic message signed by Mikaylagh Williamson, the Mikaylagh Williamson. It was all about how great it had been to share her senior year with Brianna’s grandmother and how much fun they were going to have over the summer before they started college together at the U. She even signed off with, “Hugs and kisses to my BFF (Best Friend Five-Ever!),” how epic was that!?
By Nichole Bonham4 years ago in Fiction
