Tag: short story

Evangeline and Gabriel: The Wedding

It had been almost a year to the day since I’d heard from him. Our relationship was long and complicated… It was filled with unkept promises and long nights of waiting for the phone to ring, but, every time it did, my heart leaped out of my chest, and butterflies filled my stomach. Every time…
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Evangeline and Gabriel: Graduation

It had been two years since I’d last seen her. Two years, but I still remembered everything. I remembered her ripped up jeans with the worn converses pocking out beneath the denim. I remembered the classic band t-shirts she wore. I remembered the smile that tickled my heart and the piercing blue eyes that I…
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Evangeline and Gabriel: Sitting by the Campfire

It was high school and one of the best parts of living in our small little mountain town was that we could still get away with slipping higher in elevation, setting up camp, and having a woodsy. Now, I know not everyone is acquainted with the vernacular, so let me explain… It’s a party in…
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Evangeline and Gabriel: At 1st Sight

That first look is something you never forget. That lingering feeling stays with you. The first time I saw him he had his back to me, but it didn’t matter, he was it. It was as if the fog created by the hot springs dissolved everyone else around us as my feet sank deeper into…
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Evangeline and Gabriel: Introduction

There is no greater sadness than holding onto the words you never had the courage to speak.

29 Words = Game

MC and I wrote this collaboratively – NOW YOU TRY!!! We each listed off a word, alternating turns (see the above ‘red’ words) – then, we wrote a line with the others word = making a short story, poem, etc… We ended at 29, but you can pick your own length. It is a fun…
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