araiya sanz's published ficlets
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Interview number 1
There I was suited up , trudging into the “real world” in insanely uncomfortable shoes. I had 17 copies of my resume, refere…
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life
suddenly I am so grateful for my life, my apartment, my mind and I realize how little I really understand about this world. A…
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fleeting
how will it feel when you tell me? I can feel us dying as quickly as we began. It hurts now, it will sear when it ends. I onl…
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ramblings of a restless soul
I now understand why so many people hate their lives, she thought while staring at a green filing cabinet and drinking a luke…
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5 more minutes
Wrapped inside his sweatshirt on his black sleeper sofa. The two of us hidden from the world watching casablanca by the light…
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vampire
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ramblings
An average family, 2.3 and a plasma TV. Dog, cat, soccer practice and piano. Mom running out the door, late for work. Dad wit…
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my lucky day
What is that? she cried from her seat in the stadium. Oh Sarah, what are you talking about hunny. There’s nothing there. Yes,...
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the plan
“Jen, please don’t hang up. Just give me 2 minutes, I really need to talk to you.” Alarm bells ringing everywhere. All logic …
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the first day
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it only gets better
Sludging to class on another wet afternoon in south florida. I knew it would be alaska as soon as I set foot inside the class…
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no justice in love
there is no justice in love. Signs were there before unwilling eyes Not the trite, cliche, no perfume no lipstick. His though…
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the kitchen, as mature as it gets for me :)
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the moment
What happened? I stared at the tip of my finger, burnt. How on earth? Maybe I imagined it, but why was my finger black. Shut …
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farm house
do i dare?
Dangerously safe against plastered blue sky. my collar shouts in the wind, “no, turn back”, but curiosity always … -
batman
Don’t ever press this button. do you understand? Words rang in my head as my finger grazed the edges of the painted wings. th…
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photographer's soul
Wow, it came out better than I could have imagined. The shot, the one that lasts only a second. Only one chance to get it. Th…
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the death of mr dragontail
The air hissed out like a snake as I stood there watching. His giant green wings wavered in the air and then began to fold an…
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airport
I hadn’t seen him in ten years. I couldn’t believe we could stay so angry for 10 years. Both stubborn, both too proud to apol…
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nice pants
There’s nothing better than leather pants he thought as he gazed at the back side of a pair across the bar. Must be God’s gre…
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