Tag: flash story

  • Uncharted Territory

    Photo by NEOM on Unsplash  Almost There  “Are we almost there?”  Melissa said in a hoarse whisper.  I could almost feel her body shaking through my seat.  “If you ask me one more time, I will stop this car and we will walk.  You will walk.  I don’t know what else I can say for you to stop…

  • Peace and Quiet

    Photo by Brianna Marble on Unsplash  I knew I was in for a wild weekend when the snow started falling.  I was naturally cold all the time, but loved cold weather more than hot.  There was some kind of magic associated with the snow I couldn’t always find when I went to the beach.  I…

  • Escape

    I always wanted to figure my life out, but I never knew how.  I stared at the television and wondered where to go and what to do next as if I was waiting for the characters to tell me what would come my way.  I knew what I needed, but was stuck on how to get…

  • The Graduation

    Everyone always told me it was just a job.  That I shouldn’t worry about it.  That I shouldn’t take anything home with me.  But they didn’t know what it was really like at home. If I didn’t take work home, I would lose my mind. The house was too quiet, too lonely and too open…

  • Community

    All I wanted growing up was to be a part of a community.  I just wanted to have friends.  My parents seemed to have different thoughts on how I should live my life.  I went to school.  Came home from school.  Was expected to be quiet and stay out of their way.  With so much…

  • Confetti

    When the show finally ended, I wasn’t sure if I was elated or let down. After hundreds of dollars and hundreds of hours of preparation, I was left sitting alone in an empty venue surrounded only by empty plastic cups and piles of confetti. I thought the entire show would smell like perfume and flowers,…

  • Freedom

    “I’m free!!” As I ran out the front door of the building, I started immediately screaming with excitement, but my excitement quickly turned into hysterical sobbing. I knew my coworkers were watching me through their office windows, but I didn’t care. Most of them were the reason I was leaving and the reason I was…

  • Fireworks

    PHOTO PROMPT © Ted Strutz  I knew the concert was going to be spectacular, I just wished I had been prepared for the fireworks. As the literal fireworks exploded over the stage, the fireworks directly in front of me were almost more distracting. The man was about to completely lose his mind over the fact…

  • Ready to Run

    “He always told me he was ready for everything, but I always doubted him. Doubted him because he was always scared of making a decision on his own. He would never make a decision, but also never admit he was wrong.”  As I spoke out more about the relationship with James, I became more certain…

  • Wild Horses

    As time went on and the band of wild horses came closer, I once again wondered how I had gotten myself into this position. All I had wanted to do was to see the horses up close and I had somehow managed to almost get myself shot by a farmer who thought I was trying to…