Stories tagged with "watch"

  • No Love For Me

    He walked into my office today. I could feel the heat rising in me to want to say something to him.

    I could not bring my sel…

  • Experiments in Time Inspired by text

    With slow deliberate movements I placed the open watch on the floor. There was just something additionally unsettling about h…

  • A Surprise Guest [Lailah] Inspired by text

    After eating the rabbit stew that Giulia prepared, we settled down for the night.

    Bowen climbed up a nearby oak tree and sat…

  • Pulse Inspired by text

    “Amaretto on the rocks,” I replied.

    At first, we just sat at the bar sipping our drinks and watching the people around us sw…

  • the last sunset

    Looking up at the full moon appearing in the sky, she knew that this would be her last sunset.

    Fairlee was her name. Her mot…

  • Life's Lessons Inspired by text

    After my mother left down the ladder again, I shut the window and locked it, waiting until she went back into the house with …

  • The Last One You'd Ever Suspect of Setting the Fire

    He stands on the edge of the scene as the fire trucks pull in, sirens blaring in sharp contrast to the still silence of the n…

  • We See; We Hope; We Watch; We Listen

    We see the days pass, without a glance at the stars.

    We hope and pray that all will be fixed, but sit in the silence wishing…

  • Sleep {14} Inspired by text

    I found that I had very little to say to him. He asked me questions every so often, but mostly we just sat and stared at each…

  • Ascension

    Looking back now, it seems like a dream – hardly tangible, somewhat blurry, and more than slightly askew on the shelf of my m…