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Weekly Contest #62
10 Days Ruby opened the screen door with her shoulder, her coffee in one hand and a newspaper in the other. She went out to her small balcony and settled into her morning routine, as she had for the past thirty years. Two squirrels collected acorns in the small playground next to her and the laughing of children would begin in a few hours, after the school day. She opened the newspaper to the the daily sudoku puzzle on the last page. Her stomach tightened when she saw the date. December 21st. Only ten more days until she would go...
Weekly Contest #46
Her main goal in life was to be anything other than her father. So far, it had worked out pretty well. Lena was a college graduate. She paid her bills on time. She had friends. None of her relationships had ended with a restraining order. Sometimes it seemed like one may even call her “successful.” She was even able to afford a baby monitor and a stroller when she got pregnant, this of course, came at a cost. She looked at the baby monitor, praying for twenty minutes of quiet. She needed to finish her manuscript today. Her edit...
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