I'll Meet You in the Woods
The breath of the earth flew across the land and shook the last leaves from the trees. Candra wrapped her shawl around herself tighter as she traveled along…
Bright Lights
I stood on the pavement and watched as a puddle of rainwater periodically changed from shades of green to yellow, and yellow to red. It seemed the downpour had…
A Way Out
“Sometimes running isn’t the answer to everything.” “I never said that it was.” He continued to dump the contents of his drawers into his black duffel that…
Running
“What the hell do you think you’re doing?” “What does it look like? I’m getting the hell out of here.” “Jas please don’t do this. Not now.” “Easy for you to…
Even Paradise Has Sorrows
A gentle warmth nestled on my departed body, and filled my mind with vague images and silhouettes, as my spirit decamped from my vessel. Life was cut short…
My First Encounter With Death
I was seven when I encountered death for the first time. The bird lay on its back by the curb in front of my house. It was small. A sparrow, or something…
Steve
I was in Target when an incredibly violent urge overcame me. There was a small child next to me named Toby. Let’s just call him Steve. I punched Toby in the…
A Different Story
Then there were the children who grew up differently, in a world that was so evil, a witch wasn’t needed to capture its image. There were no pin-pricks here…
Cold Sea
The shark is a simple creature and cannot think of anything other than eating and sleeping. Such a simple beast but it is happy with it’s life. From time to…
They Found Us
Undisturbed for eons, rediscovered. A still planet orbits a dying sun. A hazy atmosphere surrounds the dead orb, and three small transports approach it…
Behind the brake
“I said turn right, you turned left.” I’m sorry, I’m not very good with my rights and lefts. “We also tried to turn left at a red light.” I thought you were…
Narrative Center
I am a story I tell myself to help her sleep Sometimes I like to let her revisit the parts where she can giggle and point and say look, that’s me! But…
s13 INTERWRIT Challenge: Story In Pieces, Backwards!
Recollected the day before today, suddenly, one of his good friend called him. His friend said that today is Sally’s birthday, so they decided to have a party…
Building Bridges
There was flat white cloud above the construction site, and fog drifting below it so that the far-off valley floor could not be seen. It was impossible to tell…
Interwrit2 005 Erica-three words:surprise, alright and butterfly
Alice was a girl who loved singing very much. Two months later, a noted singing contest was going to be held. But only one participant was qualified in one…
Realize big dream
Alice was an ambitious and careful girl whose dream was to become a manager. In order to fulfill her aspiration, she made every effort to achieve the standards…
s13 INTERWRIT 02: punctual, retired and trudging
Once upon a time, there is a normal girl named Nina. She always gets up early and goes to school *punctually*. One day, she met a citizen on her way school, he…
the tramp and her kid
Rainy and cold day in London, a tramp, Grace, with her kid beside the street are starving. Her kid is murmuring,”I feel uncomfortable and hungry.” Grace is…
Just after, the kid
Tramp says” Don’t lead the kid away, or I will be ANGRY.” The doctor’s driver glimpses Tramp and doesn’t take notice of him. He still forces to take the kid…
Just before, the lady and the clerk
Sadly, the lady’s marriage ended in divorce after she had a bitter quarrel with her husband, and therefore she became an impoverished single mother who was…