Category: Writing Challenge
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Week 43 – The Fighter
He’d heard she was a fighter, but Michael wasn’t immediately convinced. She didn’t look like much, but he knew that some of the best fighters used their opponents strength against them, rather than their own, for. He first of all eavesdropped on her conversation with another man. She joked about how often she’d beaten him…
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Week 42 – Happily Ever After
They’d waited until after the wedding to combine their families into one home; Sheryl, with her two daughters, and Mark, with his one. The girls all knew each other from school, but it was clear from the beginning that they would never be the best of friends. While a pretty girl, Sheryl considered Mark’s daughter…
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Week 41 – Night Watch
I can see his outline in the darkness by the front gate, and confirm his identity when his black and white fur catches the moonlight. He knows he shouldn’t be here, but he’s come anyway. I flick my tail twice and trust that Mojo has seen it from her guard at the top of the…
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Week 40 – Colorado
I was supposed to be picked up half an hour ago. Instead, I’m standing in the scorching heat, in an unfamiliar town in a country that before now I’d only seen on TV and in the movies. He hasn’t forgotten me. Instead, he’ll be lost. This is why we arranged a meeting spot before I…
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Week 39 – Sunshine
The red glow through eyelids, the warmth spreading across your body… Sunshine can do wonders to your health and mood, but you’ve actually got to get out there to get the benefits, you know. Yes, sometimes it is easier to just focus on work at your small desk in your small office and not take…
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Week 38 – No Escape
The hallway stretched before him and his hands swam in the open space, before both they and his knees hit the carpet hard. His back was already beginning to feel bruised from the push when a foot met the same mark, sending legs and arms sprawling and his chin knocked down. He let out a…
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Week 37 – Wide Awake
It’s easy to blame mistakes on a lack of sleep. But when you’re swimming in the haze of fatigue, it’s no wonder things go wrong. Confused names, depth perception lost, words muddled up. And there’s no quick recharge for sleep. A coffee or energy drink only goes so far. The messed up thing is, you…
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Week 36 – Lines
The outline of men’s faces marked the horizon. In some places they seemed smiling up at the sky, in others they seemed angry at the world. Crinkles around noses blended into foreheads and chins of the next until the lines blurred into nothing more than shadows on hills.
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Week 35 – The Train
Fourteen steps up, ten steps across, fourteen steps down. The daily commute began and ended with this crossing over the train tracks. The wait was always different though. Sometimes Megan would have to run across the bridge and hope she didn’t slip and fall before stumbling onto the platform and leaping onto the first carriage.…
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Week 34 – The Win
One million dollars. The number one with six zeros after it. Hannah blinked several times and turned away from the computer screen. When she turned back all those zeros were still there. She’d won! After playing her six favourite numbers week in, week out, for seventeen years, they finally came up. One million dollars. It…
Kendall Forbes 