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 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 6 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 6 years ago.
The Coffee Shop
John liked coffee shops. They were places to focus, to drown himself in business and caffeine. Excep…
Published 6 years ago.
His Eyes
There was something about his eyes. Not dreamy or wistful. Not deep and romantic, or glassy and va…
Published 6 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 6 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 6 years ago.
A Lost Boy
Three weeks ago, my brother died. Three weeks ago, I stopped raising my hand in class. Three weeks…
Published 6 years ago.
Forty Percent Lightning Bolts
"The average human being is about 40 percent mitochondria by biomass," you said. "Mitochondria are w…
Published 7 years ago.