Category: Fiction

  • Microdosing Fiction (A story in 70 Words) – Blanket

    Today’s “Microdosing Fiction” prompt comes from the March 18, 2024 prompt, “Blanket.” When I got home from work, I changed into my nightie before climbing into bed. Waited all day for this. I grabbed my favorite blanket and wrapped myself in it before pulling the comforter over me. When Jack…

  • Microdosing Fiction (a Story in 100 Words) – Willow

    On a weekday morning, thirty-five years ago, Willow Ellison took her daughter to a park in Laguna Beach. She left her sitting there on the bench. She hid out of sight until a Good Samaritan decided to call the police. When the OC Sheriff picked up Arden in his arms,…

  • Microdosing Fiction (a Story in 50 Words) – Dreaming

    In the setting sun, when the golden light of autumn warms the back porch, I sit cross-legged on the swing, reading. The dogs nap nearby. A breeze rustles the pines. My love steps outside and kisses the top of my head. Everything is right here. I am no longer dreaming.

  • Microdosing Fiction – The Vow

    When she was 6, her dad called her a bitch and then hit her so hard, she was hospitalized. He went to jail. India would spend much of her life convinced she was unlovable. She made a vow then – she’d never trust anyone – ever. When India was twenty-six,…

  • Like Whiskey in a Teacup

    A scene from chapter 6 of my novel in progress, Land of Canaan . . . The Kind of Girl Your Mama Warned You About~6~ My husband, Hunter, had other ideas – from the first moment we met. And here we are. He was the softest place to land, this…