Tag: short short story

  • 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…

  • Finger Taps

    I watched as he tapped his fingers and wondered what my punishment might be.  I knew in the real world my transgressions weren’t too serious, but in the eyes of my father, they were enormous.  All I had wanted was one night out with my friends and here I was, sitting in the back of…

  • The Ranch

    I watched as he pointed toward home and desperately hoped he would come back and get me.  That he wasn’t angry enough to leave me out here.  After all, it hadn’t entirely been my fault.  Sam promised me he had known the way.  Promised he could get us home before anyone noticed we were gone.  But now…

  • Sister, Sister

    I never knew how much trouble a sister would or could be until Lily came into my life.  On a weekly basis, I had to count to ten so I wouldn’t lose my mind of the constant trouble she was getting herself into.  At other times, I knew I couldn’t live with her and didn’t…

  • Villain

    “I knew he was up to no good the moment he walked in.  I just wanted to leave and never look back, but I didn’t think I should leave Lacey.  I knew she was more at risk if Jared was there.  But I didn’t really know where she had gone.  That’s why I am out here.” …