Short Stories

Billy zipped up his black leather jacket, took out his gray beanie from his pocket and pulled it over his ears.  He looked at Allison from behind as she zipped up her puffy light pink …

Sam woke up.  She touched her fingertips to her forehead.  Her head pounded.  She smacked her lips together and searched for a glass of water or a water bottle in grabbing distance.  She glanced at …

I jump back as a motorbike speeds right in front of me. The man atop the bike has no regard to my presence. I walked out of my hotel and I am now standing in …

“We came to London so that Anna could get a proper education,” Martha looked down at her daughter with adoring eyes.  Anna’s chamber maid pinned her brown curls to the crown of her head and …

Jimmy sat in his rocking chair and smoked his pipe on his porch like he did every evening. This was his moment to think.  He would think about the work he completed that day and …

Emma sat on the hardwood of her living room floor, but she could not feel the numbness in her bottom. She took another sip of red wine and wiped away a single tear from her …

Jay entered the apartment in a hough.  He slamed the door behind him, locked the dead bolt and secured the chain. He moved immediately to the blinds and separated them so that he could peer …

“I can see it now,” Antonio’s fore fingers and thumbs on both hands framed the view from the lawn to the ocean.  “We will put an archway here.” His arms make a wide sweeping motion …

Amy picks up the soda can on her desk and takes a sip while looking straight ahead at her computer monitor.  It glowed brightly as it was the only light source in the dark room.  …