Category Archives: Short Story

Single Cub

By | December 13, 2023

The TV was on. She was sitting by the coffee table playing with her phone. If you asked her what was on her phone, she would not be able to answer. Something stopped her. She lifted her head up and saw a lion cub playing with her mother on the TV screen. She turned the… Read More »

Cure

By | March 31, 2023

Good morning. I am waiting on coffee. You? My head is loud today. The usual song and dance of doubts and fear about the future. I put on my earphones and choose to focus on the act of writing. Here is a short story/poem called cure. Happy Friday friends. Glad you are here alive with… Read More »

Suspicion

By | May 18, 2022

Hi friends, To end my own suspicion of whether I will write consistently, here I AM! What do we say, we do our very best one day at a time. I am proud of all of us who has made to today. Great job on not giving up and, and, and, you are reading! Here… Read More »

Today is the day

By | December 4, 2020

Today is the day. The sun is shining. The snow melting. The sky is clear. The dark clouds are dissipating. Her heart is filled with bright hope. The type of blinding hope that pulls on the toughest heart strings, one chord after another. She is convincing. She puts her heart into the performance. Look at… Read More »

Elliot

By | November 30, 2020

Elliot. Elliot who? It took Claire three minutes to recall her husband’s name. Elliot combed her hair silently while Claire sang a Danish lullaby. Claire has lost a significant amount of her memory and her doctor didn’t provide a promising prognosis. Elliot looked at her beautiful wife while she slept. It is difficult to say… Read More »

Craig, A Verb

By | November 29, 2020

A good captain does not abandon his own ship, ever. Unless, he is having a baby in two weeks. Our good captain, Craig, is having a girl. This is his first child. Craig is lucky to have found the love of his life early in high school. The minute Karen walked towards Craig, everything was… Read More »

Wedding

By | November 28, 2020

Rachel is on probation. The first day she got back home, her mom cried in the shower. Her sweet Rachel looked like a dried tomato. Then again, she felt grateful that Rachel is home. Sweet Rachel set one of the university’s libraries on fire two years ago. She was 19 then. I wish I could… Read More »