Category 2021 SS Prompt 1: Freedom

Since she had closed the door behind her that morning for the last time, she had been waiting to feel liberated, light-hearted, happy. Instead, Nidhi felt as though she was carrying a block of lead inside her. Maybe it was just nerves.

Clare’s loss and pain may be a new beginning...

* The Ticking Clock   The clock chimed midnight, awakening me from my brief slumber, tolling its ominous warning that soon all hell would break loose in my house. Outside my bedroom window, the Mountain Ash tree loomed dark and…...

The Freedom of Restriction by Sue # ‘What is happening there?’ I said to Father. I pointed at the images on the screen. ‘Remember the Great Death?’ said Father. I felt the life fluids draining from my face and I…...

Explore a decade long relationship between a teenager and elderly lady living across the banks of River Nila.