Friday Fictioneers: Hoping for Guidance
Sitting in her car, Shelley debates whether she should go in.
Friday Fictioneers: History Test
“Welcome to the future!” A large headline flashes before me. I suppress a laugh.
Friday Fictioneers: To Conquer a Fear
With her hand in mine, my daughter and I walk toward the Ferris wheel. “Are you sure you want to do this?”
Friday Fictioneers: Grandma’s Piano
“How dare you destroy my precious piano?” Grandma? I wanted to say but my lips had turned to jello.
Friday Fictioneers: Missing in France
“My husband is missing, you must help me!” I pleaded in broken French.
Friday Fictioneers: Doomed World
I live in a doomed world, I think grimly as I huddle in the dark corner of the Red Mountain Market and Deli, my go-to grocery store some 20 years ago. Teeth clattering, hands shaking, I reach into my jacket pocket for my trusty bottle of Ibuprofen. Great, final two.
Friday Fictioneers: Secret Admirer
“Tell me how you find these again?” Jen asked.
Friday Fictioneers: The Scream
“The scream, which occurs every day at precisely 3 PM, can be heard from a mile away.
Friday Fictioneers: Stopping Winter
“There’s got to be a way to stop this wretched winter!” Jezebel, the eldest of the witch sisters, said, slamming shut the thick book on her lap.
Friday Fictioneers: Two Guys in the Desert
With one hand on the wheel, I undo my tie with the other. Just three hours before, I shouted, “I’m done,” and stalked out.
Friday Fictioneers: The Car in the Woods
Chuy barked, tilted his head and sniffed the air. “What is it, boy?” I bent down and patted his head. Chuy barked again but before I could get a hold on his leash, Chuy shot into the woods. “Chuy, wait!” I yelled and ran after him. Running after him was like running after a car.…
Friday Fictioneers: Don’t play in the carport!!!
“Jimmy, how many times do I have to tell you?” Mom said in her usual-nagging-southern-accent.
Friday Fictioneers: The Panic Jar
One, two, three, four, I count the seconds-pass mentally as I jab the piece of paper into the slot with my pen.
Friday Fictioneers: Left Behind
It was a minute after someone yanked the sack from his head that he registered his surroundings.
Friday Fictioneers: Tiny Tim
Nobody wanted the role. In fact, nobody in their right mind would had wanted the role. To squeeze your feet into those tiny-size-2-boots everyday for six weeks? No, thanks. Why couldn’t they cast a child for this role? The character is a child anyway. Is casting a child really this difficult? I thought angrily as…
Friday Fictioneers: The Globe
He raked a hand through his hair and sighed. “I don’t know what I’m doing.”
Friday Fictioneers: Last Trip to North Pole
“Are you sure this train will take us to the North Pole?” Reggie shouted with his head stuck out the window.
Friday Fictioneers: Not Going Back
“Where are you, girl?” She heard the angry man shout. “I know you’re here somewhere.”
Friday Fictioneers: Retirement Project
“What are you going to do now that you’re retired?” His colleague asks.
Friday Fictioneers: Anj
I don’t know her name. I call her Anj because that’s all she ever says. “Anj Anj Anj.”
Friday Fictioneers: Restricted
Genre: Dystopian The alarms shrieked the second I walked into the library followed by flashing red lights.
Friday Fictioneers: Showtime
“I feel so stupid.” He muttered, smoothing his hair before putting on the baseball cap. “How do we even know he’s gonna show?”
Friday Fictioneers: Strange World
Dear Diary, Strange things had happened since I last written. I was running for my life after landing on the accused list of witches. Me! Of all people. Angry men with torches came after me, wanting me dead and as it started raining, I sought shelter. Once inside, I prayed, prayed this whole thing would stop…
