Tag: flash story

  • Recycled Garden

    “There are items you can use to make your decorations.  Feel free to use whatever you want and let me know if you need any help.”  Jack bowed and backed away from the shed.  I never knew why he felt like he needed to bow as he was leaving, but when I mentioned it before, he only…

  • On A Boat

    “We were taken by boat to an island,” I told the police officer.  “But we were blindfolded so I don’t know which way we went.  Or how long we were gone.”  I took a deep breath and only hoped he would believe me.  That he would take my word for the fact I was one of the victims…

  • Coming Back to Life

    The twisting of my hair brought me screaming back to real life.  The man who kidnapped me from right outside my dorm room was waking me up by yanking me off the floor by my hair.  I didn’t know who he was or what I was doing here so I was trying to figure out…

  • Just Dance

    “All I want to do is dance,” Joan said to me on the way her first – and probably her only – prom.  I knew this was her first party to come to and I wish I was brave enough to tell her what was really going to happen tonight.  After being homeschooled for so many years, she…

  • Very Personal

    “It is very personal.  How can it not be?  I was attached!”  I knew I was practically yelling, but I couldn’t help it.  I just couldn’t believe what Flynn had just revealed to me.  Everything I had worked so hard to separate myself from my family, from my past and Flynn was bringing it all back up.  “But I didn’t realize…

  • The Water Cooler

    “What does this girl do all day?”  I asked Miranda as I poured another cup of coffee.  “I like how you are asking as we are pouring our third cup of coffee for the day,” she said holding her coffee mug out.  “It’s the only time we can talk and the only time the managers…

  • A Hobby

    “Please come  up with a hobby for my father.  He is driving me crazy.  He comes over all the time and he literally follows me around the house.  All.  Day.  Long.”  There was silence on the line before I heard giggling.  “I’m not sure what you are laughing about.  This is a serious problem.”  My cousin continued to…

  • Hiding in the Chapel

    “They are in the chapel,” I told my uncle.  My two cousins were hiding from him and under no circumstance did he really need to know where they were.  Jason and Tara were in the church, but they were hiding in the music room.   They had been out at a party the night before and were trying…

  • Getting Fired

    “How did Michael take it?” I asked as I finished washing the dishes.  “Not well.  But better than I thought he would.  His face flushed, but there wasn’t any screaming or yelling so that’s good.  I guess.”  Zach finished putting the leftovers into the fridge and turned to me, sighing.  He crossed his arms as he leaned back onto…

  • Talks

    “My father always had these talks with me,” I told Meleia.  “I keep thinking I will grow out of this phase, but here we are.”  I watched Meleia put on her makeup and only wished I could get away with it.  Being that it was only my dad and I, he kept a tight leash on what was going…