A Tale of Loss by Cobus Kruger (With Extra Challenge)
Can you really build a new life?
Read MoreA Tale of Loss by Cobus Kruger (With Extra Challenge)Category 2023 SS Prompt 2: Blossom
2023 SS Prompt 2: Blossom
Dinner at Martin’s by SM Prasad
Alex and I were taking care of Martin's house when we made a frightening discovery.
Read MoreDinner at Martin’s by SM PrasadBlossom, by Sarah Wunder
They tell me to wait. It’ll happen, they say. But I know that the season is now, my time is coming. I can feel it deep down. It’s in the way my bare feet sink into the wet soil, the cool mornings and warm afternoons. What’s more, I see my friends and family members, and it’s happening to them. The whole neighborhood is exclaiming over these new developments.
Read MoreBlossom, by Sarah WunderOrchids Don’t Smell Like This
Who on earth puts an air freshener in a lift? The smell of orchids is nauseatingly sweet and sticky. It fills the tight space and stuffs my nostrils like molasses, lingering even on my tongue. The taste of the chemicals…...
Hard by the Tulips by Brigham Whitmore
While Harry and I had moved with our glasses of wine from the dinner table to the seating area, we could not as a definite fact make out what the women were up to. The screaming had gone on for…...
Cherry Blossoms
Ezra Valero should’ve brought more ammo. Or more explosives. Hell, he should have just brought a jet and carpet-bombed the place. That surely would’ve done the job, right? But no, the government couldn’t — or wouldn’t — foot the bill.…...
New to Town by Stevie K
NEW TO TOWN The parable of the Sower had a seventy five percent rejection rate. Sow many seeds, sow different kinds of seeds. The preacher’s words from the sermon on SUnday stuck to Neria’s mind as she…...
Allie’s History Lesson, Matt Williams
“Dad, can I get your help with something?” “Sure, sweetie. What’s up?” “I have a short story due soon. I am having trouble coming up with something for it.” “Well, isn’t the point of these exercises to…...
A Special Seed by Sophia H. Saxon
We all come from seeds. What will you blossom into?
Read MoreA Special Seed by Sophia H. SaxonThere Were Roses, by Chantel Barton
Barren. Not a mottled patch of grass, nor even a sleeveless tree. Not the remains of greenery long ago. There was a town. And there was dust. And there were roses. Cyrus stopped, adjusting, searching the storehouses of his…...
Til Death Do We Part by J. Radford
We married in 2004, just after gay marriage became legal in Canada. It was partly a “political act” and partly a recommitment ceremony as we had already been together for 20 years. As a queer couple, we had adopted four…...
The Sea of Pink by Shae
The alarm clock on the bedside table buzzes. Emile sleepily rubs her eyes and sits up on the bed. The clock reads March 25th, 2023, 7:00 AM. It was a Saturday and Emile had no plans for the day. She…...