Tag: Short Story
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stay
Loving someone who has a mental illness has its ups and downs. Loving yourself through your mental illness has its ups and downs.
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Law of Attraction
Some of you (most of you) may not know that I am bipolar. I am. Depending on where my mood is, my writing takes on drastic flavors. Here is one such flavor.
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wish upon planes
This poem started as a critique of beauty and art lost to industrialization and became… something else.
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The Rabbit
Yarelis was a rulebreaker; always had been and always would be—and all she wanted was to be promoted. She had been chosen to be one of the Rabbits, but as soon as the door of her cage swung open, she tore across the field and pushed off the ball of her foot like she used…
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Breeding Stock
N232 sat in a chair, even though standing would have been just as comfortable, and examined the male specimen before her. He had just finished the procedure, the one he had to do once a week. It couldn’t be missed. It was the reason he was still alive.
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Flash 50 Fridays #1
Rules: Story must be exactly 50 words. Must be a complete story (clear beginning, middle, and end). Prompt: For F50F, I’ve chosen the word SECRET as an idea-starter. Take it away. Please share what you write with me! I look forward to seeing your story. Either comment on this post or add the #f50f tag…
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Recess
It was recess, and they were on the playground, and Jackson needed to pee. The girl wanted him to play with her, but he wanted to pee. Not enough, mind you, to ask the teacher to send him inside with a buddy and actually relieve himself. But enough to not want to swing from bars…