Short stories you can read while you wait for your coffee to brew, your bus to arrive, your commercial break to end. These are written during the half-hour free writes at my weekly writing group. Meant to be fun, silly, maybe even daring. Enjoy!
Fast Fiction: Missing Person
5 months. 14 days. 6 hours. 12 minutes. That’s how long since the last time I’ve seen her face. Narrow nose, kissed by the sun, as evident by the freckles that cover it like stars do the sky. Short hair, curls so tight they move as one entity when she walks, skips, dances. Dark eyes.…
The Great Unknown
As some may or may not know, I’m currently pursuing my Master’s in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). I wrote a blog post about what lead me to that decision. I am taking a “Technology and Language Learning” class this semester, and have been learning so many new, creative, innovative tools to…
Fast Fiction: The Waitress
“What? You sad?” I quickly turned away from Brant’s patronizing tone, wiping the tears away with the back of my hand. “Well this will make you feel better.” I spun around to see him holding out two dirty, crinkled, sad dollar bills. “What the –” “Your tip,” he said, his lips curling up into an…
Paige Gardner 