Category: Short Stories

  • The Arrest

    Makayla’s actions led to my arrest.  The deal she had made with the police was inevitable, but could possibly be reversed.  I was hoping my brother’s influence as a local judge would help rewrite my destiny.  I could not spend the rest of my life in jail for someone else’s behavior and bad choices.  My…

  • The Coin Collection

    Check out my story on the Booked Solid in Santa Fe blog!

  • My First Tattoo

    I had always wanted to get a tattoo, but never quite knew what I was going to get. I spent countless hours browsing pictures on the Internet, but still couldn’t decide what to tattoo on my body. I wasn’t afraid of needles, I was afraid of mistakes. My father had always talked about how tattoos…

  • The Miners

    “I just wish you could work at a job where you could see the sun.  A job where the light could kiss your face.”  I sighed as my dad located his gear – his helmet, hammer, shovel.  Most of the time he left his tools at the mine, but yesterday he had left in a…

  • The Monster Under the Bed

    “I thought you had always told me that story was a fable.  A tale.  you told me monsters weren’t real.  Are you now telling me all my nightmares of the creature under my bed were REAL?”  If there was a way Miles could be whisper-yelling, he was doing it right now.  “The truth is…  I…

  • Spell Gone Wrong

    Check out my story on the Booked Solid in Santa Fe blog!

  • The Missing

    “They are almost twenty minutes late.  Where could they be?  Do you think it’s possible they overslept?”  Manny checked his watch again like he hadn’t been checking it every thirty seconds.  Molly and the rest of her Model UN team were late for the required breakfast before the beginning of the competition.  “Have you tried…

  • Fine Dining & Catering

    “Listen, I got the job!  I’m starting on Friday night as the newest team member of Fine Dining and Catering.  Maybe things are finally looking up for me.  New year, new me.”  As I listened to my cousin tell me about her new job, I wasn’t sure if I should warn her about what I…

  • The Fortune Teller

    “We are really going to interrogate a fortune teller?  Which one?  Who is she?”  I stared at my partner as she was practically jumping up and down with excitement.  “What are you so excited about?  You have a thing for voodoo?  Spirits?  Think you want someone to predict your future?  Know your secrets?”  I grabbed…

  • Dynamite

    Everyone in my small settlement town had written me off from day one.  I was the immigrant, the outsider, the child.  No one gave me a chance in hell for survival.  With my parents dead from the fever raging through town, I had no choice but to strike out on my own.  I needed to make…