Stories tagged with "desk"

  • My Cackling Companion

    “We’re starting a detective agency!”

    The absurdity of the assertion hit me like a slap in the face. Roughly the same time I …

  • I Still Wonder

    It’s been over two years. People would have thought I’d be over it by now. I would have thought I’d be over it by now.

    It’...

  • Managing I 1/2 Inspired by text

    She shook her head, not willing to answer.

    She knew what was coming.

    “Lillian, when I gave you this job one week ago, do yo…

  • The Writer Interrogates Her Father Inspired by text

    “How’s my little girl?” dad’s voice echoed into my ear, and I found myself smiling even wider.

    “I’m doing well, Papa,” _I …

  • The Man With No Name Inspired by text

    The deep throbbing pain ran inside my skull, a ring came rushing threw my very thick and empty skull leaving me to roll over …

  • Gibson Inc

    Ethan Gibson the CEO of Gibson Inc. He put the phone back in the cradle with an accomplished smile on his face.
    He looked d…

  • Venting [Realization Challenge] Inspired by text

    I sat at my desk, twiddling my fingers. I had been working for the past hour or so, and I thought that I’d take a break.

    Bu…

  • Hallucinations Inspired by a photo

    I’m not crazy. Am I? No, surely not. People see imaginary things all the time. It’s perfectly normal. But here’s the thing, I…

  • Alien

    “Why they called themselves Herminerm or whatever, I don’t know. Stupid aliens.” Annie slammed the tome down on her bureau….