Category: Short Story Excerpts

Lights flickered annoyingly as Rey sat in the waiting area. She stared at the ceiling watching the lights flicker on and off. She counted the seconds between each flicker. Ten seconds the first time, four seconds the next. It wasn’t as consistent as she thought it was. Rey did this to keep her mind off… Continue reading Rey: A Short Story (Excerpt)

  4/18/18 Dear Diary, I don’t know where I belong. There are two worlds where I half fit in. Hearing. Deaf. I met a deaf person today. It was the first time I ever met anyone who was just like me. He wore hearing aids and spoke, but he also used sign language to communicate.… Continue reading Zoe: A Short Story (Excerpt)

***Content/Trigger Warning: Car accident, death.*** “He’s my son! That boy deserves to be in Hell!” Sam’s father exclaimed. Fortunately, his mother was more kind-spirited, despite the fact the accident killed her only child. “We and John’s parents have already grieved enough about losing our boys... and Caleb’s mom has been with us since the accident.… Continue reading Caleb: A Short Story (Excerpt)

Inside a small cottage home lived an old woman named Celia who spent most of her days tending to her garden. Like most days, her routine was simple. In the morning, Celia would drink her coffee with a slice of buttered toast. After her breakfast, she would head outside while it was still cool to… Continue reading Celia: A Short Story (Excerpt)

  Amelia followed Baba down the aisles of the grocery store. She helped grab items her grandmother couldn’t reach. Amelia was too small herself, but she was light enough to climb the shelves without breaking them. Sometimes she wondered if that was the only reason why Baba took her grocery shopping. Her older brother, Ken,… Continue reading Amelia: A Short Story (Excerpt)

  Suck it up. Be a man. You’re lucky she even looked at you. Just shrug it off and move to the next person. Peter thought to himself as he carried his beer with him away from the bar. He felt humiliated. All he wanted to do was to start a conversation with the girl… Continue reading Peter: A Short Story (Excerpt)

  One day we were the best of friends and the next, we hardly knew each other. I wasn’t sure what to do when I saw her at school. Was it okay if I said, “hi,” or were we not supposed to speak at all? It was tough walking into a building that seemed small… Continue reading Lana: A Short Story (Excerpt)

  “I think you’re overreacting.” Darryl said as he picked up his phone to read his emails. Sammie sat on the other end of the couch feeling a bit unheard. She stared at Darryl for a few more seconds before getting off the couch and leaving the room. This was the first time she felt… Continue reading Sammie: A Short Story (Excerpt)

Missy woke up to the same routine everyday. Her watch vibrated on her wrist to wake her up. She crawled out of her makeshift bed as she made her way through her shack of a house. Everything was either war-torn or scavenged. Her tiny kitchen/bathroom had a sink, a hot plate, and a toilet. The… Continue reading Missy: A Short Story (Excerpt)

  Anna was short, boney, and in no way looked like any of the basketball players on her team. She loved the game. She was passionate about the game and practiced harder to be a part of the game. She was so excited at the end of her sophomore year of high school when her… Continue reading Anna: A Short Story (Excerpt)