A few months ago, I entered Short Fiction Break’s Fall Writing Contest. My intent was to give myself extra motivation to finish the story I was working on. To my delight, my story was given an honorable mention. You can read No Cause for Alarm here. If you’ve been following my work, you may recognize
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This story was originally published in Short Fiction Break on April 10, 2018. Enjoy! My neck tensed, and I felt a tingling sensation spread between my shoulder blades as I dropped the can of spray paint into my bag. A glance over my shoulder showed me no one was strolling past the abandoned warehouses that
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Here’s a short story I wrote that was originally published in Short Fiction Break. Enjoy! Gritting her teeth, Nadia seized her knife and viciously swung it, chopping down hard. Another potato fell apart in two jagged pieces. If the stolovaya provided sharper knives, her job wouldn’t be so difficult. But what could you expect from a
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I took a chance and entered a fantasy story in The Write Practice’s spring contest. You can read The Significance of Snapdragons over at Short Fiction Break, where all the contest stories were published. Stay tuned to find out if I won!
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A short sci-fi story for your reading pleasure. The windshield wipers barely kept up with the downpour. Natalie leaned over the steering wheel to peer into the darkness. She strained to see the faint yellow lines in the center of the road. Clutching the wheel, she forced herself to keep her breathing steady. How
Ever feel like you’re behind and can never catch up? Here’s a short story you may relate to. I let out a sigh when I see the flashing lights in my rear-view mirror. Seriously? I just can’t be late tonight. And now this. Putting on the turn signal, I pull over to the side of
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How to entertain a 16-year-old? That’s the question that faced me last summer. Middle Grandson had come to visit, and I determined to make sure he enjoyed himself. One sunny morning we decided a hike was just the thing. Our home is only five miles from Newport State Park, which is Wisconsin’s only wilderness
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This week I’ve got the conclusion of The Secrets of the Mud Room. Enjoy! The neighbor kids had their own ideas. When we were small, their thoughts centered on toys. One thought she kept all the lost baseballs and roller skate keys there in one big mound. Some of the other kids had other hopes.
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This week I’m sharing with you the first installment of a short story I wrote for my writer’s group. They got a chuckle out of it. Hope you do, too! The Secrets of the Mud Room For long as I could remember, my great-aunt Sharon refused to use her back door, the one that led
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Here’s a short piece I wrote in response to the prompt “About face.” I’m beginning to think this could be the start of a novel. What do you think? About Face Jenny never could say for sure why she made the abrupt about face that day. Whatever it was, it surely saved her life.