Stories tagged with "memories"
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The Writer Gets Half Answers

After I had finished my narrative, there was silence on the phone. What Emma said sent my brain into the sky.
“And your po…
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Oh, Sweetie [PC]

Oh, Sweetie,
You were there for as long as I can remember.Oh, Sweetie,
You’d follow me every time I passed.
You’d drop eve… -
Childhood Memory Challenge
Why hallo, everyone.
No, I have nothing to report on my ficlet front. I have not completed 1,000, or 2,000, or even 500. But…
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Calacas Famosas (para el Día de los Muertos)

She wrapped her arms around herself, trying to understand. She’d lost her husband, & her son.
Two gems gone in one year. How … -
The Writer Recalls

I stepped inside, shivering as a draught blew through the open door and howled down the hall.
_I recalled myself as a chil…
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The Writer and Her Twisted Family Tree

I sat back, trying to register what the adoption form had spewed out at me.
_If Léá was my mother…that meant that ‘Mama’...
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The Writer and the Documents

I covered my mouth with my hand, scared of what would happen if I let the sickness in my mouth escape when I spoke.
“Oh, G…
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The Writer Discovers Her Secret

I sifted through the pile of the papers, one name recurring constantly.
Peter Hirsch.
_What did Raine’s father have t…
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The Writer Finds the Documents

I plowed my way upstairs, continuing past the guest room, and my room.
_It had remained the same way it was when I was f…
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The Writer Goes to Her True Home

I stumbled out of the house, shutting the door on a very irritable Scooter.
_I had drawn out my cellphone, and was punchin…
