CG Express

Out-Rageous Summer

A Short Story The air didn’t move. It hung heavy with something other than oxygen, or so it seemed. Plastic seats cupped buttocks like warm Tupperware hands which is why some stood. As soon as I saw Marvin leaning against the support pole, daring me to tell him to stop shaking the canopy, I knew…

CGraith

June 3, 2023

micro fiction, Read On – Stories, writing

anger, camp, community service, Fiction, mental health, summer, teen rage

Get a Little Bit Closer – 100 Word Story

“The band is so teeny, tiny and far away,” Riley said. “We should have sprung for better seats. What’s the point?” “But you can see it all clearly on the screens,” Marla reasoned. “Does a sixty-inch tv mean anything to you?” “But then you wouldn’t experience this.” This being the wafting smell of weed. The…

CGraith

May 31, 2023

100 Words, micro fiction, photo prompt, writing

100 word story, micro fiction, music fest, rock concert, summer fun

Short Short Story

Prompt: “Open a Window” ; Write short story in 10 minutes Tomorrow’s Promise The door cracked. They stepped into the square room. The walls were papered with stripes and tiny flowers. No, those were not flowers, they were spots. “You saw that too,” Jack said. “Probably an exploded soda,” Mara said. “Right.” But there was…

CGraith

May 15, 2023

micro fiction

almost homeless, dive motels, flash fiction, starting over, unemployed