Side note: This is the first short story I’ve ever written, so please don’t judge me too hard. It was Thursday evening and Mr. Hughes had just left work. He was quite a frail man,[…]
Tag: Short Story
A Choice – April Free Choice
So, the title does seem a little misleading but this is a murder mystery, or at least my attempt at a murder mystery short story based upon a six-word story from creative writing: A body,[…]
Ophelia
Tragic was the story of Ophelia, a girl driven mad by a lover and held underwater to drown. She was a thing of beauty, that was for sure. Rich chocolate hair and soft caramel eyes.[…]
Light Through Her Eyes – December Free Choice
She loved the way the light hit the buildings at this time of day. She would talk for hours about how light could change a city. She’d sneak glances at me over her books just[…]
A Love in Spring – Polished Personal
…the nature of human longing and how an individual’s life is shaped by such dreams… My first dream was to fall in love. At 7 I watched every Disney princess movie and while my brothers[…]
white roses: a creative response
…the nature of human longing and how an individual’s life is shaped by such dreams. Text: Adolescence by P.K. Page He gave me a rose every night. A white rose; each petal ever so delicate[…]
the stars mingle with dust: a faiz ahmed faiz emulation-ish
a short story heavily inspired by zaid and zain’s poetry seminar Where I come from, it is unlawful, immoral, and strictly forbidden to look up. Men patrol the rooftops with the unlucky outcasts in[…]
I Worked on the Water – Polished Personal: Constraints
I Worked on the Water An individual’s response to the constraints of convention or circumstance. Source: Angela’s Ashes I worked on the water — or rather, I worked on the ships that sailed in[…]
fly safe, cosmonaut: a polished personal
…the impact of separation on an individual’s life. text: “Perpetual Motion” by Tony Hoagland An eternity ago, I kept a little logbook of how many days I had been in orbit. Now, the seconds[…]
eating pears in cold weather (part one)
I have begun writing a short story series that will become a novella. This is part 1. I have to tell her she can’t smoke on the fifth floor. Although- I don’t think it would[…]