Tag Archives: short story
Meet Cute #19: Gavalier and the Dragon / Feb, 27
Gavalier had never been more afraid. He snaked toward the dragon cave on his armor-clad belly, sword at the ready. A huge boulder lay at the cave entrance. From around its edges tendrils of steam escaped. The steam was the breath of Fluvé, the dragon that had tormented Gavalier’s town of Rouen for decades. Other […]
Meet Cute #18: The Hamster and The Chair of Freedom / Feb, 26
Whiskers the Hamster clung to the top rung of her cage, her front claws and legs trembling with effort. The view through the cage’s side wall was a familiar one. It was of The Child’s bedroom, done up in frilly pinks and pastel greens. There were a bed, and a desk, and several chairs. Whiskers […]
Meet Cute #15: The Ice Dancers / Feb, 21
I met Lisa only a few years after my memories begin. I was seven, and she was eight. Before that I remember only a few things. The train set I got for Christmas when I was six, or pouting about going to Sunday school. At the time I met her, I had vague notions, fueled […]
Meet Cute #9: Kyle and Richie Before the Conference / Feb, 13
Hi! This is the beginning of a longer short story I’m working on. Kyle had first communicated with Richie on the “ride share” board for FREDA, the journalism conference they were both attending. “Arriving SEA 4:25 p.m.,” read Kyle’s original post. “Looking to share cab to campus.” He’d posted because he didn’t want to pay […]
Meet Cute #7: The Agent and the Manuscript / Feb, 11
Yolanda the literary agent sat on the bus, staring at her inert smartphone. Her thumb trembled over the screen. She simply couldn’t bring herself to check her email. She was actually afraid of her inbox now, the endless uptick of New Messages she’d encounter each time. Was there a term for that? A fear of […]