Tag: 250 words

  • Fast Approaching Storms

    The storms were fast approaching and I knew it wasn’t going to go well.  But I couldn’t be sure if it was going to surround our house or not.  My main problem was whether or not I wanted to be involved.  I loved my family, but being stuck with them for a potentially violent night was not my cup of tea.  But I knew my brother…

  • Deep in the Woods

    I always knew that my life could get better, I just didn’t know how.  I knew I had finally come home.  That I was here.  And I wouldn’t ever leave.  I could finally take a deep breath and fill it with fresh air and no fumes.  I could look up at the sky and see…

  • Big Sky

    Deep in the woods is the only place I ever wanted to go.  The big sky, the fresh air and the silence.  Oh, the silence.  I never knew how much the silence could hurt my ears until I got out here to my new home.  My nearest neighbor is a mile away at least and I could do whatever I want.  My electricity worked…

  • Killer

    “That’s the problem.  He was already dead,” I said out loud.  “That’s the problem.  He was already dead.”  I stared at the cell phone in my hand as I repeated what I was going to say when I finally got the courage to call 911.  My ex-boyfriend was lying on my kitchen floor with a knife in his chest.  My…

  • Quarrel

    That night, father and son quarreled.  Only I knew that this would be the last time they would fight in front of me.  This was the last straw.  My bag was already packed in the back of my closet with everything I thought I needed.  The cigarettes and flask my father was always looking for were hidden in the loose floorboard…

  • Without a Trace

    “Adam!  Jenny!  Michael!  I’m home,” I called as I kicked the door closed behind me.  I struggled through to the kitchen and managed to get all the bags onto the island without dropping a single thing.  “I’m home,” I called again.  I started putting the groceries away, listening with one ear for any noise coming from above.  Or below.  Or anywhere.  After a few minutes,…

  • Secretly Excited

    I was secretly excited when he told me he was leaving for the night.  I would have time to actually take a bath.  I could finally paint my toes.  I could drink a glass of wine and not have to worry about him barging in on me saying we had to go on another ‘adventure.’  All I wanted to do was…

  • Health

    I knew my cousin’s health was declining when her hair lost its shine.  Her hair had always been her pride and joy and there was no way she would let it go.  I just knew I needed a way to be able to approach her about it without her blowing me off.  She had been burned too many…

  • The Fire

    The fire burned brightly and I could see it from almost a mile away.  I knew it had to be Rich starting the fire pit in the backyard.  He was the only one who could ever make the fire that big or even wanted to.  I wondered what this would signal for the rest of the night.  When…

  • Wild

    I knew shit was going down as soon as Susan started toward my desk.  She was the office gossip and tattletale, but thought she was getting away with all her games.  She thought she was getting away with everything when her whisper was as loud as her yell.  Everyone knew as soon as she started toward you: be prepared for anything.    I…