Latest Stories
Most recently published stories in Wander.
Goodnight Elizabeth
John sat bolt upright in the bed. He had been torn from his sleep by a disembodied voice and he was certain he’d felt the covers suddenly jerk across his legs. John sat panting and stared into the inky darkness of his room. This was not the first time he’d been woke up like this lately. His eyes bounced from one piece of furniture to the next. He shook his head when he realized he had hoped to see an actual person standing in his room, a noisy burglar would be a comfort. ‘Normal, sane people can have a burglar’ he thought ‘but a ghost, That’s a one-way ticket to the nut house!’
By Geoffrey Crosby5 years ago in Wander
Odd and Strange Places In Connecticut
Many people are unaware that Connecticut is the 4th smallest state in the United States and it was founded in the mid-1600s. Connecticut played an important part in early American history and is one of the original thirteen colonies.
By Jacqueline Bowser5 years ago in Wander
Diary of A Lost Mother
‘My Darling Ambrose, Is that still your name? I hope so. To me, you will always be Ambrose…even if you aren’t mine anymore. Please understand, we’ve never truly been apart. I have kept a piece of my heart just for you, where I will treasure you always. I’d say it wasn’t easy, but truthfully it was – at least in some ways. I loved you, oh how I loved you; but that’s exactly what made it easier. I wanted you to have the world, and this was the only way to give it to you. Now, if it’s alright, I’d like to share mine with you. I’m not as young as I used to be – at least not on the outside. My friends say I’ll never slow down; I’ll just fade with the setting sun. I hope so – life is too short for ‘slow’. But I don’t want to fade. I want to leave my mark and I want you to know me. Maybe that’s selfish? I’m ok with it.’
By Lucy Thatcher5 years ago in Wander
Preserve the Bananaslingese
The Bananaslingese are the most isolated tribe in the world, and have captured the imagination of millions. This group of indigenous tribes has lived on their island for up to 55,000 years—and without outside influence. That’s right! They’ve had no contact with the outside world. The Bananaslingese inhabit a small forested island called North Bananasling, which is approximately the size of Manhattan. They resist all contact with outsiders by attacking any boat that approaches to close.
By R. L. LASTER5 years ago in Wander
Compulsion
I should start by saying that I’m not usually this type of person. The type to quit their job at a law firm, put their house on the market, and get on standby at the airport for whatever the next flight is out of the country. That’s not me. However, on this one blustery, rainy day in Seattle in late October, I was exactly that person. Before I could control this urge, this driving compulsion pushing me headlong into the unknown, I was halfway across the Atlantic heading to Croatia. I landed at the Zadar Airport and searched the directory for the next bus to an island, any island. Island. I thought to myself. I need to be on an island. Just before I got on the bus, a tall woman in a mismatched suit stopped me. Her pink hat with her lime green suit made her standout amongst the bustle of people going about their business.
By Karissa Pelletier5 years ago in Wander
In Dream
“Don’t you worry. Just a couple more miles up this road and we’ll be outta this storm.” The chauffeur grips the wheel but remains collected as he had the whole way here. I’ve seen many hard years but I must say the ride from the airport felt like the longest hour in all my life.
By Anthony Dahm5 years ago in Wander
Living in Peru: The Top 4 Reasons To Live in Lima, Peru
Thinking about moving to Peru? Sometimes your life needs a little bit of change, and sometimes that change can be something major like moving to a different country. Moving to a different part of the world can be just the change your life needs right now: providing you with many new wonderful experiences, a new perspective on life, a new circle of friends and to immerse yourself in a brand new culture. And one place that has become very popular in recent years is beautiful Peru.
By TrendingModels5 years ago in Wander
The Break
He put his shoulder to the wind and walked through the lifeless streets. His mind raced, he wished to free himself from his suburban cell, to live quietly among hills and trees, to hear birds and rivers, to never again hear a siren or crash. He needed space to work, to create and think. His sensitivity often left him wounded by the modern world that valued production over feeling and appearance over sight. His day to day had become torturous to him, he longed for the world of Hesse, Goethe and all those who have lived life as art and thusly created art as life. He wanted to wander, to have no home, to be swept away in the rushing current of existence and the natural world. He wished to lay his head upon a mossy knell because he was tired, not because he had a job to rise for, he wanted to eat what he could forage and not what he could afford. He wished for the stars and the infallible pulse of the universe to be his guides, not the common mind of man that bid him work, endure, settle.
By Henry Gatrell5 years ago in Wander
DON'T TALK TO STRANGERS
I feel excited, nervous, naïve, and filled with unbridled ambition. I am in my senior year of high school, and I won one of the most prestigious awards for a high school student, the Aimee Poisson Grant for Journalism. The grant is awarded to the crème de la crème for high school students. I, with fifty students, will study with some of the world's best journalists for three months. We will stay in dorms at the Université de Paris. The committee will give us a translator, and they have arranged personal tours in Paris for us.
By VALERIE THOMPSON 5 years ago in Wander
Jake’s Little Black Book
Jake McKerrigan hadn’t put much stock in anything his father had to say for decades. As a child, Jake had called out the senior McKerrigan for idiocy in thinking when the old man said Oral Roberts University in Oklahoma was going to be “bigger than Harvard.”
By Maria K. Fotopoulos5 years ago in Wander
What is Sustainable Tourism and How to Find it?
Sustainability. Lately, I’ve been seeing this word everywhere. It's mentioned in every commercial from toilet paper to coffee beans. But what does it mean? In regards to tourism, it is very simple. When we travel, we want to leave the destination better off, than before we arrived. In other words, we want the community to benefit from our visit and not hinder its culture, nature, wildlife, or put a needless drain on the infrastructure.
By victoria patricolo5 years ago in Wander
