Literary Spotlight: "The Brink of Dawn" by Catherine Cober

     Midnight, the clock read.  Dawn sat atop her oak-wood desk, the blinding light of her laptop and pounding drums of the song her radio played keeping the girl awake.  Dawn's curly brown hair fell to her feet, golden hazel eyes blinking rarely.

     Dawn mindlessly clicked links, searching for something to write about.  She grabbed her energy drink, accidentally spilling a little on her Steel Damsel shirt and black sweats.  

*CLICK*

     Everything went black.  The radio went silent, the laptop was still on, but the internet was conked out.  Dawn shut her laptop, then dragged herself into bed, finally to get some shut-eye.  Just as Dawn fell asleep, another click!  As the guitar solo from "Iron Man" blasted on the radio, everything came back on.

     "Oh, come on!" Dawn shouted.