Tag: short story

I always believed in the idea that the easiest way of life was the best way of life.  I never understood the people who worked sixty hours a week just to be able to buy another pair of fancy shoes they are only going to wear once.  How many pairs of expensive black high heels did one need?  I had…

The thing I most despised was doing the dishes.  Hated them enough to the point I would rather buy new dishes rather than clean the ones I already had.    My sister, on the other hand, would rather do dishes than laundry.  When we finally moved out and into different apartments when we were in college, we made a pact that we would…

Needless to say, I thought the entire event was fairly traumatizing.  I had never wanted to participate, but my older sister had told me the party would be quiet and uneventful.  Though it was fairly uneventful to a degree, it was the after party where things got a little on the strange part.    Things started to get a little strange…

“Are you against me now?”  I asked.  “Yesterday you were totally on board with this plan.”  “That’s because you didn’t tell me the entire plan.  I’m okay with a fun trick, but not to actually harm someone.” Sarah was starting to shake.  “Nobody is really going to get hurt that badly.  Just a few bumps…

“Why is it unreadable?”  I asked my friend Crystal.  “Why do I even try to read anything that he was written?  I would think a professor would be a bit more legible with his remarks.”  “I can’t believe you actually try and read his comments,” Crystal said flipping through a magazine.  “Why do you even…

“It’s very muddled,” Mr. Thompson said.  “Where are you going with this?  Where are you taking me?  What is your end goal?”  The questions went in one ear and almost out the other before I caught them.  “Mr. Thompson!  Michael broke the easel again!”  Taylor called across the room.  Before I could even get started on beginning…

“I believe she could be in serious trouble,” I said as I paced up and down the hallway.  “I know she is in trouble.”  “How can you possibly know that?  You just talked to her yesterday.  She seemed totally normal,” Jess said.  “I wouldn’t worry too much.”  “She should be home by now.  Or she…

“I believe she could be in serious trouble,” I said as I paced up and down the hallway.  “I know she is in trouble.”  “How can you possibly know that?  You just talked to her yesterday.  She seemed totally normal,” Jess said.  “I wouldn’t worry too much.”  “She should be home by now.  Or she…

“How was your first night in the forest?” My brother asked.  He pulled his wool cap down lower over his ears and tried not to frown.  Or was he trying not to smile?  He knew I hated camping, but here we were.  Camping.  Once upon a time I had liked camping, but my brother had been…