Stories tagged with "books"
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The Writer Leaves an Unintentional Compliment

I leaned back, several thoughts swimming in my head as I watched the fire take its last breaths.
“You’ve been silent for q…
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The Writer Mulls Over Earlier Events

I hadn’t understood then, but I can now laugh with her warnings.
_Our family was never one for very radical things – we lo…
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The Writer Keeps Remembering

I quickly averted my eyes (which were stupidly swimming with tears), and sniffed abruptly.
“Sorry,” _I hastily apologized,...
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The Writer Finds Another Shard of Memory

_Now, the fire was nothing but a few dying embers, glowing with throbs and pulses of scarlet radiance that reminded me of a d…
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The Writer Engages In Philosophical Conversation

_The fire crackled and popped, illuminating the room with cheery sparks – some were amber colored, others red like newly-pick…
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The Writer Overlooks The Reading Of Her Favorites

The words had reeled him in, just like they had done to me long ago.
_After a few moments of being still, something inside…
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The Writer Utilizes Poetry As a Weapon

“What d’you mean, ‘come again’?” I said, looking up at him. “My mother used to read me these poems.”
“As a child? No wonde…
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Grace the Librarian
“Can I help you find something?” He looked into the kind face of a young librarian. She possessed a naturally curious aura, s…
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Mixéd 1.414

The doors opened into an endless sea of books. The young man in black lead the way on a twisting path between faux-redwood sh…
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