Alivia Varvel
Bio
time is the most precious commodity
https://www.aliviavarvel.com/
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Stories (28/0)
- Top Story - April 2024
The Guilt of the Human Condition
"Lewis... Just do what you have to. You hear me?" It doesn't matter how many times those words echo in his head or how hard he tries to focus on the crackle of the fire his shaking hands are hovering over. Lewis can still hear it.
By Alivia Varvel2 months ago in Fiction
I Just Make It Up as I Go Along
I've never made a New Year's resolution in my entire life. Post-high school/college years is probably when one should start thinking about their future and what they want to achieve. College professors and advisors will frequently ask about what students want to achieve post-graduation. And a lot of us probably know the classic job interview question, "Where do you see yourself in five years?"
By Alivia Varvel4 months ago in Writers
- Top Story - October 2023
Solemnly SwearTop Story - October 2023
I recently wrote this for NYC Midnight's 500-word Fiction Challenge. This was my first round submission, and I placed in the top 10 in my group to move on to the second round! This was definitely a good exercise for me. For anyone who isn't familiar, the challenge divides participants into different groups where you're assigned a genre, an action, and an object that you must incorporate into a story that is no more than 500 words. My genre was horror, action was breathing in second hand smoke, and object was a glass jar. There's definitely a lot of things I'd like to change about this little story, but I'm leaving it as is because I'm pretty proud of the fact that I placed with it.
By Alivia Varvel6 months ago in Horror
Soli
soli (Italian) /ˈsəʊlɪ/ adjective, adverb (plural of solo) - (of a piece or passage) to be performed by or with soloists "Dig deep, drink water, hold fast. Dig deep, drink water, hold fast..." Sprinkling the last of the juice of the apples she picked that morning, Isbell nearly completed her counterclockwise circle in the soil of her aunt's garden before Agnes scampered right in front of her, scattering the dirt across her boots.
By Alivia Varvel7 months ago in Fiction
Unus Annus
memento mori (Latin) /mə-ˈmen-tō-ˈmȯr-ē/ noun (plural) - "remember you must die" or a reminder of mortality Taking inspiration from this well-known Latin phrase, YouTubers Mark Fischbach and Ethan Nestor, aka Markiplier and (formerly) CrankGamePlays respectively, created a YouTube channel in 2019 by the name of "Unus Annus." In Latin, this phrase literally means "one year." If you are searching for it now, I'm sorry to say you will not find it. The guys deleted it. Yes, on purpose.
By Alivia Varvel7 months ago in Geeks
Here at the End of All Things
The world could be ending, and you’d still be dancing around this kitchen. A joke you would tell as I twirled with the dishes lifted above my head to put them back on the shelf or as I tapped my foot and hummed while standing at the stove. And then I would grab your hand and spin you around with me. We would laugh and laugh as we danced in silence.
By Alivia Varvel7 months ago in Fiction
I Finally Listened
My first semester of my freshman year of college, I did not like my English class. The assignments didn't bother me. We would write very basic research papers on fairly simple topics. I mean, it was the intro English course after all. But of course, you can't have your cake and eat it, too. The assignments were fine. The professor? Well... I wasn't crazy about him.
By Alivia Varvel7 months ago in Writers
