"You're here because someone recommended you to me. Someone who passed the test. Someone who promised you that you'd ...
My sister was called Heather. She only lived three years. I've never been told what really happened to her, only that...
I will put my fingers together and pull the grass up from the roots. I will do it before my mother comes outside. If ...
Waves.
She laid there for an hour before moving. The waves had brought her here, and deigned not to take her away again. She...
Waves. Thats all I saw. Waves, waves, waves. Just little curves in the ocean, that broke down and collapsed into them...
The water crashes onto our feet. His hand lets go of mine as he turns away from me. He tells me he can't let me do th...
I was free. This is where I had always felt free. The air rushed up beside and around me in the form of small, rounde...
When I was 12, I went to sea.
When I was 12, I went to sea. I was on my father's ship for 6 months and 4 days when i caught a glimpse of her. I ...
When I was 12, I went to sea. Don't ask me which. I don't know. It was sometimes blue, and it was sometimes green. ...
When I was 12, I went to sea. I went to sea to see the sea. I had yet to see the sea until I was 12. Then the sea I s...
"Helluva storm, Joe," I say. "Ayup," he says shakily, gazing out into the fog. His uniform is wet through and he's a...
Four men on the port were looking for a penny stuck in the sails. It was the 4th Annual Whale Hunting Organization of...
Away. He'd escaped. And not in the usual way. Home from school at 7:30pm, another long day of detention for crim...
Twist.
"And now, a nice, juicy twist. That's it. Keep twisting. One final push! Aaaaand release. Other side, now. Raise your...
Twist. Twist. Twist. The doorknob wouldn't turn. The door wouldn't open. And then Liz would find out why Sebastian wa...
The first day of school and he was already in a fight. Mark sighed as the three seventh graders approached him from t...
I remember when I was a kid. I sat on the edge of my father's car, waiting for him come home from his walks. I would ...
I remember the smell of wet snow on a blinding morning. Squinting through glare and steam. Battleship twigs wobble in...
The winter of 1970 in the Bay Area was not something I ever expected to experience- especially since I was born in 19...
You can count me out.
"Oh, do come for dinner!" she purred. "Is there anything you don't eat?" "Well ... quite a few things," he said. "I h...
You can count me out. You can count me out. How many times do I have to say it? Count me out of your scheme. I have...
You can count me out, I said. I am not doing it. No. I left this years ago. I have a life now, I told them. No more o...
Goodnight...
Goodnight sweetheart, well it's time to go... Goodnight sweetheart, well it's time to go... There's a contentment th...
Sleep and you may dream. Remain and you will surely regret the decisions you make in the night. Intermittent car ho...
"Good night," the bar manager said, as he tapped a stack of bills on their side to even them out. The waitress dumped...
Freeform prompt
Friday is supposed to be a day to look forward to - TGIF, right? Sammy had been dreading Friday all week because he ...
“The entire shell is Chronium. That shields the op…” “You mean chrome. Chromium?” “Ahem. Crow NEE Uhm. Chronium. As...
The visitor asked, "Can you write a story without a prompt?" "I don't know," said the writer. "I've never tried." "...