Category: Short Stories

  • Forever Shelter

    You can’t shelter him forever  But you also think you are clever  It happened because of you  And you don’t have a clue  Or care whatsoever 

  • High and Mighty

    Imagination and ideas whirred in his head  Only wanting to paint  He never knew what he had said  But he worked without complaint 

  • Building Tension

    As soon as Mason walked into the room, I threw all my insecurities out the window.  At least I tried to.  I downed what was left of my wine and took a deep breath.  Tonight was the night.  I had to talk to him and find out exactly what had happened between Rosa and him. …

  • Mean-Spirited

    “She had always been mean-spirited, but I had never wanted this to happen to her.  I wanted her to have a long life.” I looked away from Todd as I realized I hadn’t included the important word – happy.  Brooke had always been a bully.  Had always loved to throw me under the bus if…

  • Memory

    I felt a panic attack rise in my chest as I realized I didn’t remember.  Didn’t remember anything but the last twenty-four hours of my life. I had gone to sleep the night before, just like always, but when I woke up, I didn’t even know my own name.  Or where I was.  I looked…

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  • The School Trip

    As soon as I woke up, I knew the day was going to go haywire. I always hated going on school field trips because no one else wanted to see the same things I wanted to see. Today I would be heading to the science museum with the rest of my fourth-grade class and I…

  • The Dishwasher

    The dishwasher had been broken for months before anyone noticed. I didn’t want to tell my family because I knew what they would do. I knew I would have to pay for the damage even though I hadn’t been the one to break the dishwasher. I was the scapegoat – the black sheep – of…