Tag: 250 words

  • On Purpose

    “I know she did it on purpose.  There is no other reason as to why this happened. I just need to know – what are you going to do about it?” Kallie crossed her arms and stared at me. And I stared back in disbelief. I honestly had no idea of what she was talking…

  • Dog

    I knew the dog was going to be a problem before anyone else. She had a name, but I only allowed myself to call her Dog. If I got too attached, Dog would never leave our lives and as much as I wanted her to stay, she couldn’t. If our landlord realized we had a…

  • So Personal

    “What do you think he is going to do next? Do you think he’s going to come over?” Sienna watched our neighbor, Greg, and kept narrating his every move. Greg was new to the street and Sienna had instantly become entranced. She was borderline obsessed.   I was beginning to wonder if I needed to…

  • Growing Up

    I never wanted to grow up. Even as a child when my friends were talking about everything they wanted to do as an adult. They talked about the freedom. They talked about doing what they wanted, when they wanted. I never wanted any of that. I was having too much fun just being a kid.…

  • Drive Me Crazy

    “I knew she would drive me crazy the very first time I laid my eyes on her. I think it was the way she strolled in like she owned the place,” I knew I was talking to no avail as I knew Tony wasn’t really listening. All eyes were on Virginia as she was led…

  • The Singer

    The moment Jordan opened his mouth, I knew he was destined to become a singer. He didn’t know it yet, but I was determined he would become a star. I knew he wouldn’t necessarily agree with me so I started slowly integrating myself into his life. I started taking writing classes so I could hopefully…

  • Imagination

    My mother had never had much of an imagination so I happily made up enough for both of us.  I always wondered why she never had any imagination, but never really questioned her about it.  The one time I did, she immediately and suddenly became deaf and wouldn’t talk to me for the rest of…

  • Rainbows and Unicorns

    “Where did all this glitter come from? How…” I heard my brother mutter as he walked through the kitchen to the backyard where the party was happening. His youngest daughter was turning three and had insisted on having both unicorns and rainbows at her party. And nothing else. Lila had refused to wear anything other…

  • Back to the Farm

    “When are we going back to the farm? When can I see Folgers again? Does he miss me? Will he remember me?” Zach went on and on with his endless questions. Part of me wanted him to stop asking so many questions, but I also knew I would miss his questions.  “Zach, you know when…

  • Home Alone

    “We’re not alone,” my sister whispered in the middle of the night.  She crawled into my bed like she had done most nights in the last week.  You would think, at ten years old, one little ghost story would not scare her as much as the Boogeyman. My father had grown up loving scary stories…