Stories tagged “cabin”

  • Clues At Dietz Lake

    It was some sort of camping/wilderness resort place. I paid two dollars to get in. The lady in brown in the tiny cabin where they take admission was all smiles. She handed me a park map. I unfolded it and searched for the cabins, then cabin number 43. ...

  • A Scar in the Forest

    Cabin 42 was on the end of a long row of cabins. There was a family renting it, so I didn’t get too close. It was made of logs, 11 large logs high, as you would expect a cabin to be, and had a little porch that looked over the lake. Little window...

  • Cabin 43?

    The hair on the back of my neck stood up. I expected at any moment to be caught by a ranger or police cruiser. Why would they tear down a cabin? Maybe I was mistaken, maybe this was a new plot for a new cabin. I spied something bright yellow stuck to a...

  • Ranger Danger

    Silently I walked to where the porch would have been overlooking the lake. Suddenly I was standing on that porch, looking over the lake just like this, only, arms were wrapped around me. I felt loved, I smiled. The big, strong arms were heavy and warm....

  • The Old Boat

    I walked thirty three steps to the shore. Something white caught my eye. It was the hull of a boat upside down in the muddy bank. I touched it. There was another white boat in my memory. It was fuzzy, I could only touch the fringes of it. I pushed on t...

  • More About the Man

    I thought about everything I had remembered so far. I hated the color yellow and the number 7. I counted everything, remebering nothing, and went to a therapist. There was a man, with big strong arms that wrapped around me. He had been with me in cabin...

  • The Queen of Dietz Lake

    “I’ll take you. Is that your boat?” she wrinkled her nose at the muddy vessel. “Umm, I found it, it was kinda sunk in the mud. I guess I’m borrowing it.” she helped me climb into her maroon and white boat and tethere...

  • How Long Has It Been?

    “So, was there a cabin 43?” I tried to sound nonchalant. She was quiet for a count of five. “You’re just one of THOSE people,” she huffed. “What? Who? I just noticed that there seemed to be one missing. That’s ...

  • Escape (Mature)

    Amy knew it was time for a change. She could feel the pressure of the city against her chest. The constant cacophony of car horns and endless chatter filled her brain every second of every day; she could hardly think. The smells—the smog, the smo...

    • Author: Byn
    • Posted almost 3 years ago.

  • What Happened At Dietz Lake

    I wasn’t strong enough to physically stop him, but suddenly I wanted that whole part of my life to end. I wanted the beating to stop. I had felt freedom, and I was fearless. The cabin was supposed to be a refuge, safe, but he had made it unsafe. ...

  • Time To End It All

    When they caught me, I was taken away, but the loss of my life’s purpose tore me apart. I was lost inside myself. The only thing that held me to reality was the number 7. It was seven months since we’d been together, I was going to turn 18 ...

  • Last Unanswered Question

    I took a deep breath, and plunged my head under. The cool water was soothing, the green-brown a safety net. I looked for myself. Where was I? Images flashed into my brain. It was like my heart didn’t want me to forget. My mother smiling, my siste...

  • Forgiveness

    I blacked out before the Queen of Dietz Lake had pulled me into her boat. I woke up inside a normal looking house with a crazy headache. My chest hurt too. “Ah, you’re awake.” The Queen herself brought me some tea, chamomile. “W...

  • Healing

    Over the next week I looked through old photos of Jared, called my Mom, ate wonderful meals, and had horrible nightmares. But I changed. I went to Jared’s grave with his mom, Marilyn. I left him yellow flowers. The color of friendship. I tied a n...

  • Here Comes the Rain Again

    She glared back at me. “I told you it was an accident! It’s all because you kissed me and then stared right into my eyes. I wasn’t prepared for that! I told you I was deep, and you said you’d take that chance.” I winced. S...

  • My Side of the Mountain

    There were some old, spooky-looking books at one end of the shelf—with heavy bindings and even padlocks. I was almost positive they were just props—from what I’ve read, inside your head is the last place you’d want to keep the Necronomi...

  • Company for Breakfast

    The island was slightly larger than it looked from the shore, and consisted of a beach around a small copse of trees. In the middle of the trees was a picnic table, and someone had laid out a breakfast consisting of assorted pastries and a pitcher of o...

  • Into the Blue Again

    “So what happens now?” I asked, after we’d finished with breakfast and put everything away. “Well, I could keep you here forever,” Jackie admitted. “It would be nice to have someone there whenever I daydreamed…R...

  • I Can't Get Her Out of My Mind

    Any notions that it might have been a dream were dispelled when I had to go across town to pick up my car from Skinny’s. Jackie never did tell me how she’d gotten back to my place without it—she just said she didn’t have the keys. I...