Stories tagged with "frustration"

  • the 21rst Cut: Living with Her Inspired by text

    Claire was alone, again.
    Her mom had left the house, left her.
    As usual, she had no idea where her mom was going; or when sh…

  • Louisa's Wisdom Inspired by text

    I bent my head down to study the ornate beading on my fan. “Oh, no more attentive than usual, Louisa.”

    “Hmm.”

    I felt compel…

  • Everyone

    You know how they say “everyone and their mother”? Well that’s pretty much our case. Pretty much “everyone and their mother” ...

  • No Explanation

    I want to cry. I want to run around. I want to break things. I want to scream. To do these things would be a relief. It wooul…

  • A Lover Inspired by text

    Ah! He was running off again!
    When she’d ordered him, she had been under the impression that he would be loyal, and always st…

  • The Easiest Place to Get To

    There are many ways to get to Atlantis. The many West Sea traders have hundreds of routes, and there are the royal routes- my…

  • grr. Inspired by a photo

    the walls
    they’re white
    does that mean they’re blank?
    or merely full of hidden meaning?

    what’s in a laugh?
    is that sarcasm…..

  • The Wall

    As I sit here, on the stones of Wall Street, I wonder why are they there? Why are they there? Were they part of the original …