“There’s no panacea for my pain.”
Tag: fiction
Six-word story: Egg
The egg began to crack open.
Saturday six-word story: Proxy
“Dad has dementia. I’m his proxy.”
Six-word story: Neighbors
He knew the neighbors were watching.
Six-word story: Simmer
Her emotions simmer beneath the surface.
Six-word story: Mystery
A present. From whom? A mystery.
100-word story: Trick or Treat

A vampire. A monster. Wonder Woman. These were the costumes of the kids I was taking trick-or-treating. As we walked to the next house, a bush near us began to move. It was in a front yard decorated as a cemetery with ghosts and skeletons hanging from the trees. We froze. A figure with green skin jumped out of the bush. “Trick or treat!” My heart skipped a beat. The kids screamed and ran. I crossed my arms and glared at my friend, who was laughing. “Did you really have to do that?” “Bwa-ha-ha. Happy Halloween!”
Six-word story: Ghoulish
A ghoulish figure emerges. I scream.
Six-word story: Fluff
“Good movie.” “Meh. Bunch of fluff.”
Saturday six-word story: Prefer
“Steak or chicken?” “I prefer lasagna.”