One For Me (6S)

They were the ugliest shoes Sharon had ever laid eyes on. “Those are exquisite, Maggie,” she lied, “you’re going to be a beautiful bride.” The bride quickly paid for the shoes, nodded a tearful thank you, and fumbled through her purse until she found an extra invitation. Outside the conference room door of her attorney’s office, Sharon paused to shake the remnants of a shredded wedding invitation into a wastebasket. She could hear David’s impatient voice carrying out into the hall, “Where is she,” he said, “I have to pick up Maggie in ten minutes.” Right then, she could feel a crooked smile spreading wide across her face as she entered the room and closed the door behind her.

Future (6S)

Their voices were raised to decibels unknown, quick, sharp voices speaking of a Future where I’m happier, safer and in another state. Mom is in this Future with me now. We drive Future’s big car and live in Future’s quiet house. Mom says I won’t ever have to cry again, that from now on my Future is bright. I watched, in horror, as her lips formed those words, tears lapping under my red cheeks. Trembling on my knees that night I prayed, to God, that Daddy would never have a Future.

6 Sentences

Ok, "readers" I have just discovered something that has been a tremendous asset to my writing. It’s called sixsentences.blogspot.com It’s a site that challenges you to write a complete story in just six (6) sentences, a complete story! This has helped me learn to scale down all the crap in a story and get down to the meat of it.

So now, until further notice, I will be posting my six sentence entries in my blog, along with other short stories and updates as it relates to me and my writing. Enjoy.