Category: 250 words

  • Criminal Underworld

    “I need to clear the air.  I am not the whistleblower, but I know this is what needs to be done.”  I talked to my reflection.  I was the newest reporter at the Sentinel and I knew I had the biggest deadline of the year sitting on my desk.  The list of officials who were…

  • The Pirates

    “I always have a bag packed.  Just in case,” I said noticing Angela looking at the bag in the corner of my room.  “Just in case of what?”  She asked skeptically.  I knew she was dying to look inside and see everything.  She was just nosy enough not to let it go.  “The pirates.  They…

  • The Mortician

    “Mark, I know you are new, but this funeral is important.  It’s a secret.  We need to hide everything about this death.  We will do the embalming and send the body on the way with his family.”  Jack turned back to his computer like nothing odd was happening.  But by the way the undertaker’s eye…

  • The Lottery

    I stared at the numbers on the television above the bar and tried not to scream.  I knew the numbers by heart because they were the same numbers on the lottery ticket I had purchased earlier that day.  I had never bought a lottery ticket before this morning, but I was in a weird spot. …

  • The Detective

    “With your good looks, I think we will be able to pull this off,” my boss said, looking me up and down.  I hated when he did this, but at least this time I understood.  “Grace!”  He yelled.  I flinched at how suddenly and loudly he yelled, but I sighed.  Grace was the youngest member…

  • Voodoo Queen

    I always knew I was destined to be a voodoo queen. It was in my blood and it was my heritage. My great-great grandmother was the first Queen of the family and her healing practices kept our family healthy and the spirits happy. Over the years it has been obvious my place in the family…

  • The Contest

    “Why does he always feel like everything is a contest?”  I whispered to my sister.  “Not everything needs to be about winning.”  I had tried to not bring up all the faults I saw in my sister’s new boyfriend, but I couldn’t always help it.  She had only been seeing Scott for a few weeks,…

  • Accidental Phenomenon

    I started keeping a diary when I was about ten as a way to keep myself entertained.  If there ever was an award for couples who should not have kids, it would have been my parents.  Writing in a diary meant I at least had one sounding board who wouldn’t give me grief.  I searched…

  • The Library Book

    At first, I thought the catalog must be wrong.  Hadn’t I diligently checked and rechecked every single entry?  I knew the library was used all day every day and I had spent months, years even to make sure all the books, audiobooks, DVDs, that everything was entered correctly.  But now, there was an unexplained addition…

  • Woman

    “I always knew he was only in it for the power. He was the king of invaders. The leader of fear. The uniter of tribes. A warrior with a spirit of no other.” As I started furthering my research into Genghis Khan and his life in the Mongol Empire, I knew I needed to expand…