Thursday, August 29, 2013

Thirty Word Stories

I entered these three stories in a contest. I didn't win, but they were fun to write and I like them. I thought I'd share them with y'all. Anybody else want to come up with a 30-Word story to share with me?




Beloved

Memories pushed to the surface and gripped Tina’s heart, suffocating her. She fought through the tears, offered one last prayer and laid a single rose on the newly turned soil.


Regret

Alicia’s soulless eyes stared from the mirror. Her past, alive in the room, whispered of mistakes. Alicia grabbed a razor, made the first deep cut and silenced the whispers forever.


Mercy
On the wings of Sorrow, Repentance soared over the fallen. With a mighty swing of his sword, he vanquished Fear, silenced Guilt, and released Anger’s hold, allowing Redemption free reign.

Friday, August 9, 2013

Perceptions



“I used to be tall.”

Colby snickered. Behind his hand, he whispered to his little brother, “I’m sure.”

“Yep, before I became the gnarled little garden gnome you see before you, I was tall.”

The hunched little old lady watched and smiled as the two children ran around her in circles, singing, “Little garden gnome. Little garden gnome,” and laughing.

“I thought you would like that,” she told them once they calmed down. “How ‘bout we make the cookies now?” she asked.

“Yes!”

“Yes, please!”

They two took her hands and dragged her into the kitchen. She loved having her great grandchildren over, but it was taxing, and it was the one time she thought about her diminishing height. When she was alone, she just didn’t use the things on the top shelves, but little ones wanted cookies, and her daughter had put the sugar in the topmost cabinet.

Colby saw her worried expression and quickly offered to get a chair and reach the sugar for her. “Okay,” she agreed, “but you be careful up there.” Colby scooted a chair over and nimbly climbed aboard. He had the sugar down within seconds.

“Back in the day I would have been able to reach that myself. And do you know I used to think five feet was short?”

“You were a whole five feet, Grammy?” the youngest boy asked.

“Yes, Tommy, I surly was,” she replied. 

“WOW!” both boys exclaimed. “You really were tall.”