Tag: fiction

  • Shell Shocked

    Shell Shocked

    It’s been ten years. Ten years since my life changed forever. You know that your time is limited on this earth, but you never think the day will come until it does. When you’re younger, you always joke about who you hope will go first, but she really meant it. The husbands never outlive their…

  • A Favorite Place

    A Favorite Place

    The gravel crumbles under the weight of my boot. Dust fills the air, until the wind sweeps it somewhere else. A light breeze rustles the leaves, breaking some free to find a new home on their own. Flies dart in and out of view, always nearby. I can smell the damp grass and the fresh…

  • Sweet Dreams

    Sweet Dreams

    We all have that one room. The one where when you were a child, you never thought it would change. This room would be forever, even with all the paint jobs and furniture rearrangements. It morphed and grew as you did. A space that holds familiarity and stretches with you. One day lime green coats…