If the officer looked close enough, he would see my heart beating through my chest. I tried to control my breath, to get air through the lungs so that I could calm down. But it wasn’t working. It didn’t help my nerves that the officers put me in this grey, sterile room over an hour […]
Trent looked around his computer at the battlefield of discarded action figures. A smorgasbord of characters, trucks, and colorful bricks covered most of the off-white carpet and colorful alphabet rug. Usually the sight wouldn’t bother him, but something about it struck fear into his heart.
Trent had worked so much lately that it felt like he and his son, Tyler, were almost strangers. So, when Trent’s wife needed to go to the dentist, he took a day off to spend time with the person he missed the most. However, a work phone call before breakfast brought his plans crashing down.
He hesitated as his fingers pushed the final buttons to send his finished work. His stomach churned as he thought about what to do next. He wanted to play with his son but worried his son wouldn’t want him.
Graham took a focused breath to steady his nerves. Recently, he saw an active shooter situation at his school, yet the challenge before him felt worse. “Come on, James. You have to take a bath,” he pleaded with his two-year-old, who ran from him again. His son was a photocopy of himself, attitude and all.
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I made it a challenge to write a short story, under a thousand words, with the prompt Goals, for the new year. While I struggled to finish it in my deadline timeframe, here it is. #Goals by Jarrett S. Smith His arms burned, but he couldn’t stop. Not this close to his goal. His palm
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In the spirit of Halloween and trying to get more traffic to the site, I have decided to host a Halloween Short Story Prompt! I will post the prompt on Tuesday and try to write on the prompt myself to post on Friday if you’re interested. I encourage you to write along with me. Once
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Letty has found her target but instead of getting what she needs, she tries to flip situation.
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The Stakeout The roof felt more sterile and work-like than she hoped. Each second she stayed there felt like an hour. Letty’s expectations about the stakeout on top of the building felt more exciting than reality. When she had found herself on a roof before, she had been in the throes of passion and a
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It’s been a second or two since I’ve had the chance to work on anymore horror short stories. Between the Apple Event and planning for NaNoWriMo I haven’t been able to actually write and edit. So I did want anyone would do, I asked someone else. Here is: Helix By Deena Edwards “You take right,
Thank you all that have already stopped by and shared the site up to this point. I never really intended for this site to be an Apple only focused site, but right now, that’s what’s bringing in the page views. I love writing about Apple, but I hope to fill in the cracks with
