And she's trying to share it the only way she can – with her art.
"It's a very dark, very serious futuristic story about a female bounty hunter who's on a quest for revenge," said Samantha Oliver of Killeen. "Her brother was killed in front of her, and there's great sadness in her life."
Entitled "The Hunter," her story started as a writing sample for a college scholarship application.
"I kept on writing and writing, and by the time I got to page 15, I still wasn't done," Mrs. Oliver said. "I missed the application deadline, but it didn't matter."
