Category: 250 words

  • Dead or Alive

    I knew he was dead.  I knew it.  I had watched him die, held his hand even, six months ago when his heart stopped.  Right?  Hadn’t I?  So what was he doing now?  Smiling at me in the middle of Main Street?  I reached my hand out toward him as I started to cross the street.  Which was immediately a…

  • Paper-Rock-Scissors

    This was by far the highest stakes game of rock-paper-scissors I had ever played.  And it was only Tuesday.  I knew my life depended on it, but wasn’t sure how serious Adam would take this game.  I knew he was dangerous, but how far would he take a game?  And would he really lock me back into the closet again if I lost?  I…

  • Wake-up Call

    Had I known, I was going to have guests at 4 AM, I would’ve tidied up.  I know it was Friday night (or I guess now Saturday morning) but who in their right mind is still awake at 4 am?  And who thinks it would be a good idea to go to someone else’s house at 4 AM to see why…

  • Resolutions

    Every New Year’s Eve, I make a resolution that I am going to finally find love in the following year.  And at 29, I have failed to fulfill my lone resolution.  I try not to feel too bad about my repeated failure and most of the time I’m successful.  After all, I have had a lot…

  • Living on the Edge

    I knew what I was getting into.  Kind of.  I knew I didn’t want to live in a traditional house and was shopping around for different recreational vehicles to buy and move into.  I was renting a room from a friend as I only had to pay for the $250 rent plus whatever groceries I wanted for…

  • Waking Dreams

    I never really understood the concept of daylight savings time.  I never wanted to change the clocks around especially when we had to move the clocks forward.  I liked to exercise in the mornings and changing the clocks only made the mornings that much darker.  “Don’t forget to change your clocks before you go to sleep,” my…

  • Stanley

    “Who are you?”  I asked stupidly.    “Rick.  Your next door neighbor.  Nice to see you again.”    “Rick?  Rick who?  I’m looking for Stanley.  My mother just sent me to deliver cookies to Stanley.”  I knew I still sounded like an idiot.  But who was this guy?  Why was he in Stanley’s house?  As I looked back up at him, I noticed his…

  • The Wedding

    My first thought was to scream.  Then cry.  Then I was furious.  I took off my heels and threw them at my mother and Isaac.    “You have got to be kidding me.”  I was too furious to even raise my voice.  How could they be kissing passionately today, of all days.  “Well, uh…  Michelle.  Let me explain,” Isaac…

  • Dancing Queen

    Growing up, I had always wanted to be a dancer.  But with a family full of athletes, dancing wasn’t something that had ever been deemed acceptable.  The older I got (I was recently called an old maid by my father for being 35 and still single), the more I realized dancing was something I could not put off any…

  • The Farm

    It had been twenty-four years since she’d last seen it, but my mother had said the place looked exactly the same.  My mother frequently told me the story of growing up on a farm in rural Nebraska, but never would take us to see the farm.  She had recently been to visit the farm by herself, but also wouldn’t let us go with…