It’s scary being in a new place where you know no one. People passed me without any concern, not bothering to glance at me, even when I tried to get their attention. “Bugger off,” one guy told me coldly. Most just shrugged me off without a word. Finally I had enough. Taking a deep breath [...]

“Look at the beautiful molding!” Mr. Hephershrine said and his wife smiled but went straight to the kitchen. “Spacious but compact,” she said with a nod and her husband came to join her. “Oh, this is a step down from the kitchen you had at home. I’m sorry, honey,” Mr. Hephershrine said, taking his wife [...]

Story a Day May #14: Falling Rain The sound of rain met Alice’s ears as she opened her eyes sleepily. Glancing at the clock she saw it was 2am. Why was she awake? A brief flash of lightning lit up her bedroom window followed by a loud crash of thunder. Smiling, she felt the old [...]

Story a Day May #13: Perchance to Dream She awoke late as always and sighed. Turning, she closed her eyes to go back to sleep, then frowned. She wanted to dream longer but today was not the day. Getting up reluctantly she put on her costume then went out to find her customers. Dropping by [...]

Story a Day May #12: The Lovelorn The sky was a bright windswept blue with cloud streamers flying as if in celebration of the summer months. The wind gusted past her, whipping her hair and skirt, before departing for its next destination. In the sudden quiet the boy she had been following stopped. They were [...]

Story a Day May #11: A Mournful Melody Maya listened as the piano keys sounded in the deep silence of the room, their measured, mournful melody making her swallow. In the silence of that large dim auditorium where she alone sat, the music filled the room and yet she felt even further away from the [...]

Story a Day May #10: Storm Flash The darkened sky erupted into a flash of jagged light and roaring thunder. Yelena felt the wind hit her body with force, streaming her skirt behind her and plastering it to her legs. “Such odd weather,” she said to herself. She could smell the moisture in the air [...]

Story a Day May #9: Aesthetics of Love Prompt: a drag queen who works at dairy queen, a walmarts parking lot, an ancient book with an ancient curse on it from awesomewritingprompts.tumblr.com William waited impatiently underneath the humming spotlight of a parking lot light pole. He had been about to go out clubbing in his [...]

Story a Day May #8: Living Without Light Time is a factor in everything we do. The sun daily travels it’s route, marking time, and for those that prefer to live inside there are numerical displays that glare through the gloom of a dark room. Xeisha knew all of this, yet she had never seen [...]

Story a Day May #7: Bridge Burning The brilliant light before her errupted into golden sparks and she squinted. The golden orange swirled with bright blue, turquoise, and red orange. “Beautiful,” she said. The guy standing beside her turned to look at her doubtfully but she had eyes only for the flames. “You can bring [...]