Tag: 250 words

  • The Ocean

    I had never wanted to go to the ocean, but here I was. Sitting in the sun, staring at the waves, wondering what I was going to do next. Andrew was behind me, staring at the same ocean, but I knew he wasn’t thinking about the same thing I was. He was happy to be…

  • Information Highway

    By the time I had known Jared for almost a year, I was finally starting to get suspicious. Suspicious that he would only meet me under the cover of darkness. I knew he was in the tech world, and he supposedly kept a secret and “ancient” network across several oceans running at all hours of…

  • Criminal Underworld

    “I need to clear the air.  I am not the whistleblower, but I know this is what needs to be done.”  I talked to my reflection.  I was the newest reporter at the Sentinel and I knew I had the biggest deadline of the year sitting on my desk.  The list of officials who were…

  • The Pirates

    “I always have a bag packed.  Just in case,” I said noticing Angela looking at the bag in the corner of my room.  “Just in case of what?”  She asked skeptically.  I knew she was dying to look inside and see everything.  She was just nosy enough not to let it go.  “The pirates.  They…

  • The Mortician

    “Mark, I know you are new, but this funeral is important.  It’s a secret.  We need to hide everything about this death.  We will do the embalming and send the body on the way with his family.”  Jack turned back to his computer like nothing odd was happening.  But by the way the undertaker’s eye…

  • 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 Lottery

    I stared at the numbers on the television above the bar and tried not to scream.  I knew the numbers by heart because they were the same numbers on the lottery ticket I had purchased earlier that day.  I had never bought a lottery ticket before this morning, but I was in a weird spot. …

  • The Detective

    “With your good looks, I think we will be able to pull this off,” my boss said, looking me up and down.  I hated when he did this, but at least this time I understood.  “Grace!”  He yelled.  I flinched at how suddenly and loudly he yelled, but I sighed.  Grace was the youngest member…

  • Voodoo Queen

    I always knew I was destined to be a voodoo queen. It was in my blood and it was my heritage. My great-great grandmother was the first Queen of the family and her healing practices kept our family healthy and the spirits happy. Over the years it has been obvious my place in the family…

  • The Contest

    “Why does he always feel like everything is a contest?”  I whispered to my sister.  “Not everything needs to be about winning.”  I had tried to not bring up all the faults I saw in my sister’s new boyfriend, but I couldn’t always help it.  She had only been seeing Scott for a few weeks,…