I wrote this short story as part of a contest-slash-gift with my siblings. The idea was to all write stories following the same prompts, and then give the resulting collection to my parents for their anniversary. Only three of the seven of us actually finished, but I...
I wrote this short story as part of a flash fiction writing challenge organized by The Company, an organization that provides support and education to Christian writers. The original prompt was to write a story including the sentence “If you know something bad...
So this is what drowning feels like. The delicate membranes of my gills strain to pull in water, but all they meet is air—hot and dry in the summer sun. My vision is always poor above water, but it’s blurring worse than usual right now. Hopelessly, I open my mouth and...
