Tag: story
group name: flashandshine
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March 29, 2008 09:40 PM EDT --
The mantel clock did its dirty work: each beat struck Shirley's worried heart.
Where was Doctor Gill?
Tick tock.
Oh, Jason, be okay! Shirley prayed.
Tick tock.
Dread. Would . . . more
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March 30, 2008 02:55 PM EDT --
Sampson watched the top scoop wobble on his rocky road ice cream creation. Whoa!
Wordless, the ice cream man reached over and patted it down.
Relieved, Sampson nodded and ran off.
Mom waited . . . more
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April 05, 2008 10:10 PM EDT --
Eventually I venture into the world and get involved—I am human! It always leads to tears because I always die and renascence leaves me with living memories.
So many loves I've lost! I . . . more
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July 07, 2008 06:58 PM EDT --
Most of you will know me as writer of somewhat dark and speculative works, the following piece is a real departure from that genre. Before you read I would like to give you some insight into my inspiration . . . more
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March 01, 2008 01:30 PM EST --
"There was music, the kind that never went away: the Stones and the Doors, Janis Joplin, very early Pink Floyd. It was one of those evenings."
Thanks, Ian Rankin! Mr. Tartan Noir. His . . . more
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February 29, 2008 03:55 PM EST --
She stared into the heavy soup pot as she slowly stirred. Hypnotized by the colorful array of vegetables as they swirled around and around, she felt a desperation inside that was coming to a . . . more
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March 02, 2008 09:47 PM EST --
"There was music, the kind that never went away: the Stones and the Doors, Janis Joplin, very early Pink Floyd. It was one of those evenings."
Max tore his favorite page from Rankin's . . . more
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July 26, 2007 03:12 PM EDT --
It's easy to despise what you cannot get" ...Retold....
I have a great interest in folktales, old stories but often I think if they will be retold, what will be the pattern or how the story will . . . more
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May 21, 2008 02:00 PM EDT --
One whole year after the outbreak and the doctors are still watching us. They live apart, even posting guards. What are they afraid of? Only half of them survived their vaccine. . . . more
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May 07, 2008 10:38 PM EDT --
Only thirteen were there that day. Was it an omen? All we knew was that there was only enough of the new vaccine for us. No one else besides the doctors would be saved. . . . more
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June 28, 2007 02:07 PM EDT --
"What's taking so long?"
That's me, waiting my turn in this bum human line of depressed and weary souls in this bum and godforsaken drugstore. I look back and there are ten faces, . . . more
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August 11, 2007 04:32 PM EDT --
What if I were to say I'm not completely dead? What if I were to say I can see you and I hear every word that your lungs propel? For eighty seven years, I've listened to you and loved you, and . . . more
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February 06, 2007 12:22 PM EST --
A deep darkened stairwell beckons me to acquaint myself with the unknown.
My quickened senses prick my ringing chimes of caution
But curiosity gets the better of me.
I find myself fearfully . . . more
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February 15, 2008 03:11 PM EST --
June 28, 1987
Fortunately I have discovered this booklet of papers in my knapsack. I have decided to use it as a diary seeing as to how I have managed to lose myself . . . more
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March 13, 2007 02:02 AM EDT --
My mind’s silver sleigh pulls the wintry thoughts of yesteryear over the pathways of my heart quite nicely. I feel the smoothness of the ride and jest in wonder at the remembrance of a snowman . . . more
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April 07, 2008 06:02 AM EDT --
The sparkling flow of water drew Bill like a magnet. The snow capped mountain and the kaleidoscope of trees in all their autumn glory reflecting in the crystal clear water. This had always been home to . . . more
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April 30, 2007 05:47 PM EDT --
“Suspended Arrest”
“Okay! Stick ’em up, Fred! said the assailant.
The feisty little man lifted his hands above his shoulders. He felt the elasticity of his . . . more
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February 19, 2007 06:09 PM EST --
Outside Vanessa’s window, heaps of snow smiled back at her while ice covered power lines loomed overhead with daunting threats of severing the comforts of home. Sunday . . . more
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May 09, 2007 12:53 PM EDT --
Congratulations!
Congratulations! You are the 1,000,000th visitor to this article which means by simply clicking on this ad you will become eligible to receive a special prize in a box professionally . . . more
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February 15, 2008 03:35 PM EST --
June 29, 1987
Last night was unbearable. I stumbled over a root protruding from the ground and fell helplessly. Even the . . . more
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