Stories tagged “changes”

  • Changing Relationships

    “I don’t believe it. I just don’t believe it! After all I’ve done, this is how you treat me?” “Robbie, I…” “Six years. Six long years of my life I’ve given to this relationship, and now you...

  • Taking the Road Less Traveled by With My Sister

    Locking arms together we stare down a path. “You ready sis?” She stares at me. Hope is glinting in her eyes. “I don’t know. Change isn’t easy for me.” I say back to her a little unsure. “We’re sisters tha...

  • Ruinous Words

    I was still staring at the picture when I noticed the door was open and Karen was standing there staring at me. She had never worn much make up but the streaks on her face made her look terrifying. No, it wasn’t the makeup, it was the set of her ...

  • A Pretty Good Counter-Argument

    The door to the bathroom slammed shut, dividing us into separate camps. The picture of us at Disneyland fell off the shelf and broke on the thin carpet. Pirates of the shattered glass. I sidled up to one side of the door. I didn’t want to be in v...

  • The Last Vestiges of a Lost Battle

    “Tell him to go away. We can work this out. Together.” I tried to stay calm but memories were exploding inside my head: The warmth of Sabrina’s hands, the sweetness of her mouth. Joey, Karen’s brother, working out in her dadR...

  • Blind to the Sixth

    The school parking lot was full. Roger bit back a curse and reluctantly found a spot a block away. Apparently every parent had decided to show up for Parent Teacher Night tonight. That in itself was strange but there something seemed strange about the ...

  • Signs and Impossibilities

    Roger jumped back. He didn’t think it was possible for someone to sneak up on him in a school hallway. The echoes should have made it all but impossible. Yet someone had snuck up on him. He turned and found himself facing a man who gave an apolog...

  • Watson Alloicious Georgie

    Georgie Alloicious Watson, loved the summer a lot. For in his heart summer contained, a very special spot. Then the wind blew and rushed and roared, and Georgie fell to the ground. When he woke up, and looked about, Spring had some around. “This ...

  • Dead and Gone

    Fingers bent in odd ways before being broken by the psychic’s powerful mind. Jeremy screamed continuously as his hand was destroyed. It wasn’t systematic, instead it had an element of cruel curiousity. “That was for touching me. Now w...

  • To Sleep Perchance to Change

    Oscar looked tired. The last time I’d seen him he had been a stout bright eyed chap. Things had changed since then. He was still a large man but clearly defined muscle had replaced much of the fat. My friend yawned and then squinted at me sleepil...

  • Ruining a Good Thing (Mature)

    Her features were sharper than I remembered. All the pockets of fat that had accumulated in her cheeks and around her neck had melted away leaving a sharp, almost vulpine face. She grinned as she saw me look her up and down in disbelief. The changes we...