I watch how his cigarette smoke scribbles letters in the air, enchanted. “Where did you learn that?” I ask. His face is dreamy but not in a good way. It’s probably just the jet lag or time marking its passing on his skin. I can’t tell. “Fratboy parties,” he scoffs. He takes a glimpse of […]
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This story is one of the July Writing Challenge entries chosen to be a featured story. . I’m seven years old, and you tell me the story of the castle in Butterfly City, the wind ruffling our clothes as we sit on the wet sand. The sickness has already made your voice hollow and your […]
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This story is one of the July Writing Challenge entries chosen to be a featured story. . Is there really such a thing as going too far to find inspiration? Now is probably the wrong time to be asking myself this question as I clumsily yank off my shoes in the middle of a rain-soaked […]
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This story is one of the July Writing Challenge entries chosen to be a featured story. . The water kisses my bare feet as I step across the sand. Waves roll in, occasionally breaking against the sharp dark rocks ahead, while the tide on the empty bank skims close before retreating back into the ocean’s […]
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These entries from July’s challenge were selected as Honorable Mentions. Those who completed this challenge are now encouraged to share their stories in the comments section of the “July Writing Challenge.” . Judith Winde 17 Germany Not all those who wander are lost Her eyes are set on the horizon, where the sky meets the […]
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The following is a featured 100-word story from the June Writing Challenge. “Hey.” I want to tell you I miss you. “Hey.” You are sitting next to me, touching my hand, but I miss you. I do. Maybe you are still here, just lost — lost inside the stranger sitting beside me. Same old […]
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The following is a featured 100-word story from the June Writing Challenge. The coldness of the wood seeps through my skin and crawls into my soul. As I stare at the ceiling, I decide. Knife. My heart makes one last effort to stop me before my mind locks it away. My eyes close. Wait. […]
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The following is a featured 100-word story from the June Writing Challenge. From behind the clouded window of my apartment, I can pretend the white blanketing the street is snow (alive and soft and fleeting), not ash (him and her, deleting). I can say the burnt sky is at sunset, and the windows are […]
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The following is a featured 100-word story from the June Writing Challenge. I walk towards the kitchen, shaky hands, blurry sight. My parents would kill me if they knew I was dying again. I measure my portions in the pink bowl with the kittens marking the insides. They tell me how much to eat […]
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