Your Way Wednesday Prompt: “Yes, I’m 24 and I still have an imaginary friend.” I looked at my watch. This overcrowded coffee house was going to make me late for work, but they had the best ham-sammy breakfast sandwiches around and I was in need of a good breakfast today. I was on my secondContinue reading “Lydia”
Category Archives: Short Stories
A Witch’s Work
This is the first Your Way Wednesday of 2021! I hope you enjoy it. This week’s story was inspired by the following prompt: First person POV of a woman accused of being a witch in colonial times. Now I have to admit… this idea got away from me a bit. I think I could writeContinue reading “A Witch’s Work”
Sleep When You’re Dead
Your Way Wednesday Prompt: I’ll sleep when I’m dead. I think my name was Hannah once. It’s weird because every now and then I get flickers of the human I once was. My world has changed dramatically since – FOOD. I freeze. My limbs are slow to respond, but the drive of getting more foodContinue reading “Sleep When You’re Dead”
Guardian
Your Way Wednesday Prompt: I would’ve lived longer if it weren’t for Cindy. I would’ve lived longer if it weren’t for Cindy. Cindy and karaoke night. I still get glimpses of Cindy’s wet eyes as she watched me struggle to breathe. It was a car crash that did me in. Cindy and I had beenContinue reading “Guardian”
I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead
Your Way Wednesday Prompt: I’ll sleep when I’m dead. I think my name was Hannah once. It’s weird because every now and then I get flickers of the human I once was. My world has changed dramatically since – FOOD. I freeze. My limbs are slow to respond, but the drive of getting more foodContinue reading “I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead”
Bad Omens & Bowel Issues
Your Way Wednesday Prompt: A bank robber with crippling diarrhea. The plan was in place. Rob knew the bank inside and out, had a man on the inside, and was prepared for anything. Cops arrive on scene – he had an out. Someone got heroic – Quan knew just how to lay the idiot outContinue reading “Bad Omens & Bowel Issues”
SIX
Your Way Wednesday Prompt: “Are you flirting or starting a fight?”+ Make me a sandwich. The pair hopped out of the trashy, banged up Kia Spectra that Dale had hot-wired for them earlier that day into an ugly, foggy night. There was trash in the gutter and it felt like they were walking through aContinue reading “SIX”
Allie Marin 