Tag: micro fiction
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The Night Bear
Waves of nausea rippled through my body, but I valiantly controlled the urge to vomit. It was my first day on the homicide beat, and I wasn’t about to embarrass myself in front of the veteran police detectives and paramedics on the scene. I saw Detective Ryan, and waved. “Amber, a moment?” She looked at…
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Friendship On A Park Bench
“Imitated.” “I beg your pardon?” I asked, looking up from my crossword puzzle. I was so engrossed, I hadn’t notice him sitting down next to me on the park bench. “The word you’re looking for, thirty-five down, is ‘imitated’.” “So it is. Thanks.” “I’m Ned Ross.” He offered me his hand. I shook it. “I’m…
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A Night To Remember
Regina and Ronnie had been dating for a year, so she wasn’t surprised when he called to tell her to meet him at Monte’s that night. He had an important issue to discuss. She guessed what that issue was, and her friends all agreed; he was going to propose. When she showed up at Monte’s…
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A Daughter’s Lesson
This was going to be ugly. She stayed out all night, and then got picked up by the cops for underage drinking. At least it was her father who picked her up. Her mother would have been yelling. They walked through the early morning city streets in silence. Just when she thought he was going…
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Young Love
“Journalism is your passion. What happened?” Regina’s hazel eyes filled with tears. “You did, Joe.” “You knew from the start I’m in the seminary.” He looked at the tattered hat in his hands. She was so young; too young. She had lied about her age when they first met, but he continued seeing her, even…
J. Rusolo Ward 