The year 2013 was a very long year for everyone, it seems, and I swore to myself I would make 2014 a year to remember... but I never knew what was about to happen. You know, sixteen is such a fragile age. You make mistakes, you gain responsibilities that will set you up for the rest of your life, you fall apart, you learn who you are, you experience things that you can never take back, and...

Whenever I stay at hotels or vacation homes, or even time shares, I always leave a piece of my writing. I will write an elaborate poem, or a detailed short story and then stick it in a lamp shade or on the shelf in the closet. I have left flash fiction in clothing drawers and a creative play-on-words in pillow cases.But I always sign my name at the bottom.Stacia Allyn.I hope these pieces bring a...