• 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…

  • Zines

    Here I am again, back with the zines. But I have long had an Etsy site because I love buying items from other artists. I have finally gotten the nerve and taken the plunge to put a few of my digital zines on my Etsy site and will slowly start building it up! If you…

  • On the Run

    Photo by Ivana Cajina on Unsplash  I knew the day was full of possibilities as soon as I woke up. The hazy mountains held so many secrets and I wanted to find out every single one. I looked over my shoulder at the tents closest to mine and decided I would be better off without…

  • Story Slam

    PHOTO PROMPT © Lisa Fox  I knew I would never be the same after she started talking. I was mesmerized. Hypnotized. Wondering why I had never noticed her before. I think it was the sound of her voice that drew me to her and realized I had never heard her speak before this very moment.…