Daphne was good with plants. Always had been. At least that was what her father liked to say. “You don’t just have a green thumb,” the...

I knew my life was over as soon as I saved that kid. That stupid kid, with his stupid soccer ball, in the stupid road. I almost wish that...

Update October 2021: Since this story was first posted I've changed and rewritten it as part of a compilation. If you want to read a...

We would nod at each other and turn to look at the Neighbors with a sigh as if to say, ‘Look at these barbarians.

Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock. The clock's pendulum swung back and forth in precise movements, filling the half-dark room with its...

Ralph Douglas was so glad that he took a gap year to travel. Walking over hills and through green valleys was just what he needed to...

But as they were about to bust open his skull like a pinata, Miles’ luck changed...

Desperately I clung to the small floating craft that was keeping me from a watery grave, though who knew how much longer...

My mother always did say that I'd get in trouble keeping my nose in a book. I never took her seriously when she said that. After all, how...

Update October 2021: Since this story was first posted I've changed and rewritten it as part of a compilation. If you want to read a...

Update October 2021: Since this story was first posted I've changed and rewritten it as part of a compilation. If you want to read a...

“How much longer are we going to sit in this dank pile of leaves?” The pair of bandits were cold and stiff from crouching at the side of...

"Oh, come on!" "Are you serious? I hit him!" "We can't go to bed until we get this. One more time." All the windows are dark in the...

They hovered over the keyboard together, contemplating the image of the lovely woman on the screen. The artist waited nervously for his...

There’s this cute boy in my neighborhood. I see him when I go out walking in the mornings, as he’s on his way out the door too. He has...

The garden was orderly and perfect once. Ivy grew in tidy lines up a metal trellis, and rows of tulip bulbs made a line of color...

Having grown up in the coastal town of Skerries, I’d been on the water every day since my birth. My grandmother used to say that the sea...

Moving away to college was exactly the insane adventure I thought it was going to be. After living in the same city for the last eighteen...

Here all in one place are all the entries for my #12daysofwriting2019 challenge! I fell just short of my goal, but it was still really...