Storykeeper
Joined Ficlatté in February 2016
21 stories, 0 challenges, 0 prompts, 71 comments, and 2 friends
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I grew up on Ficlets. There, the writer inside me had a home. I'm a teacher now, and a 4th grader who reminds me so much of myself asked, "Why don't you share your writing with us?" So, I come tentatively, searching for a place to stretch my writing muscles again.
All Stories
Anticipation
There's a joy in anticipation, you know? In already composing the email response you're hoping for …
Published 8 years ago.
Cookie Jar
Mom left for work. Sienna rode her bike to band practice. Me alone, left to read my book, do the di…
Published 8 years ago.
My Body - Promise Ring Flashback 2 (Everett)
I don't remember everything about how it happened. I do remember waking up. I remember that abject t…
Published 9 years ago.
The Cave - Promise Ring Flashback (Sasha)
"Everett!" He was going to be the death of me, but not before he was the death of himself. "Everett,…
Published 9 years ago.
Breadcrumbs--Promise Ring 5 (Everett)
Sasha. Man, I'd completely wrecked her night. Go figure.
I pounded the steering wheel, trying to bl…
Published 9 years ago.
She was a Black Hole
I kept her at the periphery of my life, all too aware of the danger. She was a black hole, and if I …
Published 9 years ago.
The Past
I bury him in a shoebox at 4:15. I scrape at the ground in the shadow of the fire escape with the s…
Published 9 years ago.
To Be Your Muse
What do I want?
It took you 8 years, but you happened upon the one question I can't answer truthful…
Published 9 years ago.
Curiouser and Curiouser
Dear Colin,
Help. I can't seem to escape from stories.
I swam through ours last night, poring over…
Published 9 years ago.
The Coffee Shop
John liked coffee shops. They were places to focus, to drown himself in business and caffeine. Excep…
Published 9 years ago.
His Eyes
There was something about his eyes. Not dreamy or wistful. Not deep and romantic, or glassy and va…
Published 9 years ago.
Eleanor's Dare
It's one of those mornings--an anything-is-better-than-pretending-to-sleep-while-I-actually-just-wor…
Published 9 years ago.
Ms. Nolan
Ms. Nolan, my English teacher, asked me to stay after class.
It'd been 30 days since David died.
S…
Published 10 years ago.
A Lost Boy
Three weeks ago, my brother died. Three weeks ago, I stopped raising my hand in class. Three weeks…
Published 10 years ago.
Forty Percent Lightning Bolts
"The average human being is about 40 percent mitochondria by biomass," you said. "Mitochondria are w…
Published 10 years ago.
