Tag: woods
-
Flicker
As soon as I saw the flicker of the candle in the woods, I ran down the stairs. At fourteen, I knew all the squeaky steps and how to avoid them. I also knew it was Devon in the woods and that he was running away. He couldn’t run, I wouldn’t let him. I needed…
-
Cozy
“But look how cozy it looks! And there is a fireplace and a stack of firewood already ready for us. This is going to be perfect.” I turned to Grace to see if she was as excited as I was only to see her nose deep into her phone. She must have sensed me staring…
-
A Lake in the Woods
A lake in the woods have never sounded less appealing than when my boss brought up the company retreat. I crossed my fingers under the conference table he hadn’t booked any rooms at the Lake of the Weary. Lake of the Weary is where I spent most of my childhood, but after my father was…
-
Spinning
The sun spins around me as I try to make it through another day. I knew Eddie wouldn’t wait through another day of me daydreaming about what our life could be, but I knew this wasn’t my life. The constant emails and meetings were driving me insane for eight hours a day. Eddie was a workaholic where I didn’t think about work the moment I stepped out of the staff door…
-
Terror in the Woods
I have always been terrified to go into forests of any kind simply because of a dream I had when I was nine. As I grew older, I tried to convince myself the boogeyman didn’t exist and men didn’t live in the mountain caves down the street from our house. It was a dream I had had on several…
-
Hiding in the Woods
“They were hiding in the woods when we found them. They wouldn’t tell us their names, but we’re hoping a rest and some food will perk them up.” Stan and I looked through the window at the two small children in the Chief’s office. “How could no one have reported them missing? The older boy…