Stories tagged with "blanket"

  • The Lights Are On But No One Is Home Inspired by text

    The nurse spread an extra blanket over top of Hannah’s existing sheets and tucked it in firmly around the edges. It was a bla…

  • A Way of Giving Life

    I sat down at my desk; At my fingers were the keyboard. For a moment, I pondered my thoughts in search of elusive inspiration…

  • The Little Jimmy Chronicles

    Little Jimmy was just eating his favorite cereal one morning when a dark, gloved hand came out of his cereal box and grabbed …

  • Settling down for the night (11) Inspired by text

    He laughed, “I bet it has! And that’s ok, Ava, I understand. You’re the horsewoman, you do whatever you think is best for tha…

  • Can't Be My Superman

    My blanket smells like laundry detergent, like my childhood, I guess. It smells like safety, and that’s why I have it wrapped…

  • Where Am I? Inspired by text

    I wake up cold, excruciatingly cold. I grab what was supposed to be my blanket, but I only reached for air. I sit up and give…

  • 50 Doors Inspired by text

    I realized I was hungry again. So for the first time, I sat down with my backpack to fully investigate its contents. I was mu…

  • The Carrot of Destiny

    “Take this carrot, and with it, save our world,” she said with all the solemnity and gravity her 11 year old face could muste…