Originally posted on Sudden Denouement Collective:
Day 1 I’ve seen him around playing at the park. Glimpses of him kicking the ball keeps my heart beating. I stand behind the fence noticing his blonde hair bouncing with each movement. At least he is safe and looked after. If I approach, would he blame me for…
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A Child’s Heart-Short Story
I’ve been submitting this short story for contests for years now and it never won anything. I think it’s time to share it here and see what everyone thinks. Hope you like it! ♥ A Child’s Heart. With one loud “Bam” a life ended, her soul was setting off with the wind, as she caught…
Shattered~Short Story~part3
Continuing “Shattered”, the last part. You can read part 1 here: https://writingwithanopenheart.wordpress.com/2019/02/20/shattered-short-story-part-1/ Part 2: https://writingwithanopenheart.wordpress.com/2019/02/21/shattered-short-story-part-2/ The bottle was my mother’s best friend and eventually my father left us. He started a new family while I fell in the cracks. Nobody was there to guide me, to explain that it was never my fault. Nobody told…
Shattered~ Short story-Part 2
Continuing “Shattered”, part 2. You can read part 1 here: https://writingwithanopenheart.wordpress.com/2019/02/20/shattered-short-story-part-1/ My mother hasn’t lived here in ten years, ever since she was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and the doctor preferred she’d be submitted into a facility. I visited her a lot in the past few months, even brought my twin daughters to visit her. She…
Writing What Terrifies You.
I recently finished writing a short story that terrified me, not because it’s a thriller. The main issue was writing from a bully’s point of view. I struggled with third person at first. Then I thought it wasn’t really capturing the inside of my bully’s mind so I moved to the petrifying first person. It…
About Writing.
Despite the difficulty, it has been super fun to write and watch a story un-ravelling in front of my eyes. One of the many things that has popped out with my characters was how strong compassion really is, and how easy it is for each one of us to show it. It takes only one…
Inside These Walls- Part 2-Short Story
Two tries in one day is exhausting, so I make a hot cocoa and surrender in front of the T.V. I listen closely to a tree branch that always taps on the windowsill when the wind is howling. My isolation feels comfortable after failing to leave the house. The familiarity of the walls around me…
Save Me- Old Short Story
I wrote this when I was 15/16 years old. Manessah and I were just discussing it so I wanted to share it here. Hope you all like it 😀
