Category: Short Stories
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Fall
“The Time Is Now” Prompt: This week… begin by writing an autumnal scene that takes inspiration from an especially seasonal image or sensation. Include contradictory elements in your scene, such as light and dark, soft and sharp, silence and noise, warmth and coldness, that are often a part of fickle fall feelings. Does the specification…
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The Eleventh Hour
In an effort to get my writing mojo back, I recently subscribed to “The Time is Now” newsletter from Poets & Writers which sends out weekly writing prompts. I’m not guaranteeing weekly posts, but I’m gonna see what comes out of it each week. I’m expecting a lot of roughly written pieces as I’m just…
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Book 2 Update
Just a note: I’ve decided to try something different with this book, and I’ll let you know what it is later. Update: I am going into self-edits. It feels exciting and also overwhelming. The main story in Book 2 is one I started as a novel with parallel storylines that intersect at the end but…
Christine
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Let’s Daydream for a Second…
I was reading articles about student loan forgiveness yesterday. One of the provisions of the new relief bill that passed is it alleviates the tax burden on student loans that are forgiven. Meaning forgiven loans (under existing and new plans) aren’t going to be treated as taxable income, and people who’ve had their loans forgiven…
Christine
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BIG GIRLS Pt. 5
“I said what the fuck I said!” *** And that’s all folks! Now, I’m sure I could figure out a one-word story, but I’ve decided against it. I think I’ve pared these characters down as far as they’d like. We’ve had some big bodies, some big personalities, and some big mouths over the course of…
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My First Published Story!
I told you some time ago that I had news to share. Well, now I feel comfortable sharing it. One of my short stories is getting published in a literary journal! I first got the news back in July, but I was waiting for the issue cover to come out and just to know that…
Christine
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BIG GIRLS Pt. 4
Janet twirled around the fountain—fuchsia dress flowing out around her, feet barely touching the ground—dancing to inaudible music. She reached for a nearby child and spun him in the air. “How do you even deal with her?” Levi scoffed. A smile spread slowly across Jay’s face. “Love, man.”
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BIG GIRLS Pt. 3
“But why does this always happen to meeeeeeeee?” “Wooo chile, you gon have to stop all that whinin’ now. Pick up ya bag, now, go on.” “Seriously, Tina,” Mel sniffles, “I can’t catch a break. This is the third job I’ve had where the company goes belly-up and everybody gets laid off!…
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BIG GIRLS Pt. 2
Give him a chance, he’s a nice guy. Melonie’s words kept repeating over in my head. I wore the flattest shoes I could find and showed up with a smile on my face. I sat quickly so we wouldn’t be standing next to each other too long, but that brief minute of being face…
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BIG GIRLS Pt. 1
I’m challenging myself to do a bit of a miniseries of micro fiction. A full story in 300 words or less? Sure. There will be a new story each month—same theme, different characters, may or may not be intertwined. Let’s see how this goes shall we…. BIG GIRLS – Pt.1 I really thought this would…
Christine Gabrièlle 