Stories tagged “reasons”
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For These Reasons, I Love You
Liquid blue eyes Lucious pink lips Full, tooth-bearing smile A tender kiss Velvet smooth skin Slight body build Cute soft tummy Long, lean legs Fit perfectly together An uncomparable imagination Amazing fictional writer Patient with people Great sweet ...
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The Begining of the Decent
I stared at our entwined fingers, working to keep my breathing normal. I hadn’t felt the comfort of holding someone’s hand in a while. It had never really held any meaning for me before now. Now I knew Nathaniel would always be there to kee...
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15 Reasons Why
Reason Number one- You eat cereal dry Reason Number two- You don’t like milk Reason Number three- You tap your fingers, WAY too much. Reason Number four- You have never once had Starbucks. Reason Number five- Xbox and drumming is your life Reason Num...
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A Carat of Regret
Five or six reasons that what I’m doing is justified. That’s what I want, sitting on this rock hard couch in the hotel room with the gold curtains that don’t match anything. The thousand dollar tuxedo that’s hugging me like a re...
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The Only Way Out
As I left the front door, I lit my cigarette with the lighter and next, my house. The fire spread quickly, and I could hear my kids coughing from their room. Leaving on a dark and eerie night is so cliché, but I had planned it weeks ahead of time. My ...
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Necessity Dictates Tyranny
“What would have happened if I hadn’t done it?” I felt numb. “Look kid, don’t ask questions you don’t really want to know. Right now, the whole world is looking for people like you and most of us are worried. Counter...
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An Attic For Your Angst
“That blathering, idiotic-!” Daniel stormed up into the storage attic, barely able to contain the rage that had him pacing almost blindly amongst the boxes and shelves full of dusty bottles. He bit his knuckle to keep from screaming aloud t...
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Eyeing the Gap
I eyed the ship, both of us baked by the Caribbean sun. She lay almost upright, just a slight tilt to starboard there on the sand, almost akin to a tilting of the head that says, “Come on then, let’s make a go of it.” The hole had lon...
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Child of the Bear: Tea and Intuition
After taking their seats, Konstantin produced two cups of roughly fashioned ceramic and filled them with tea. He handed one to the man, and lifted the other to his lips in a silent invitation. Balashov found himself unsettled by the gesture. Few knew t...