• Finding Andre

    I knew I would never drink alcohol because I knew exactly what it did to people. I watched my family break, then heal, only to break into pieces again. Which why it was so confusing for me to find Andre. Andre was the first person I met the first day I walked onto my college…

  • Night Owl

    I had always been a night owl as I had a constant problem with insomnia. What my parents didn’t know was that my insomnia led me to wander the streets in the middle of the night. Luckily we didn’t have an alarm on any of our doors and windows so I was able to leave…

  • College Life

    I was short on patience as I stared at Blake. He was on the edge of making one of the biggest decisions of his life, but instead of reading through the materials the college had sent him, he was opening a beer. This was the chance we had been waiting for and he was opening…

  • Rich and Famous

    All I ever wanted to be was famous. For people to know who I was. I went through most of my school life feeling like I was invisible. Even though she would never admit it, I was sure my mother had never wanted to have kids. My father disappeared when I was three and never…

  • The Boat Ride

    PHOTO PROMPT © Brenda Cox  As the boat drifted away from the dock, I wondered if I had made the right decision. Everyone I knew was floating on the rickety wooden boat, but I hadn’t been able to force myself to get on. I was suspicious of the boat and I was suspicious of the…

  • Evaluate

    “I should have thought about this before I came. If I had thought about it, I knew the night would take this turn,” I whispered to myself as I watched the party spiral out of control. Part of me was horrified while the other part of me was mesmerized by how everyone was acting. I…

  • My Cousin

    Everything went downhill the moment I saw the letter. The letter I had been waiting for for ten years. The letter I knew was going to change my life, I just didn’t know what way it was going to go. Would I be jumping up and down in glee or would I be hiding in…

  • New Beginnings

    PHOTO PROMPT © David Stewart  I knew I wasn’t going to leave the moment I stepped through the front gates. My new home was every dream I ever had and every place I wanted to live. The skies were almost clear and I knew once the storm passed, I would be able to see for…

  • Distant Thunder

    I knew there was a fight coming the moment I heard the distant roar.  I grabbed the bag out of my closet and headed toward my car.  I had known I needed to be ready for this very moment for months because of the subtle hints the neighbors had been dropping.  They were upset about…

  • Spring Races

    Spring was always my favorite time of year.  There were so many new possibilities as the weather started to warm up.  The leaves and the flowers finally started showing their true colors and I always felt like I was able to shed the extra layer of skin I grew over the long, dark winter.  I…