Category: Short Stories

fiction about death 1

As Is the Beginning, Is the End

Short Story   Jeanne Ann Westveer was born in 1935. Jeanne married John Frederick Girard Rooks in 1960. She is the mother of my mother, making her my grandmother. When I’m writing this, my...

short story about freedom 0

Animal Dilemmas – Camel Moth

Short Story The Queen Moth crawled up the crack in the rock into the light and flew up in the hot desert air. It circled the large rock that was its kingdom and the...

fiction about city life 0

Stacks

Short Story My roommate, April, moved into my apartment on a Sunday. She brought the sun with her. I helped her carry boxes up from her Jetta and into the tiny room I once called...

fiction about poverty 0

We’ll Fly Away

Short Story   Salma stared at the clouds all day. The quiet stilled her mind to let her dream dreams of flight. Salma would find a way into the library after closing and spend...

online reading 0

Interview

Short Story   I don’t know where to begin, Doc. Well, start from the beginning. That’s the thing. I actually have no idea where the beginning is. What’s the last thing you remember? It...

short story about perfection 0

Animal Dilemmas – Elephant Cheetah

Short Story The Cheetah slept stretched out on a large branch on a leafless tree. The cool night air purified its mind. The nights in the savanna were clear and starry. The Cheetah could...

house in a poor neighborhood overlooking a village 0

Certain Solid Fragrance

Being home alone, sick, comes with different bones of depression. But not when you have a book that ignites fire in your bones. I read The Perks of Being a Wallflower, and I always...