I wrote a post like Saturday for the Friday Fictioneers for December 7, and I did not pay attention to the word limitations. I have written for this challenge before, but for some reason, I just looked at the photo prompt, without checking the directions for the number of words allowed. It was my mistake,... Continue Reading →
A Train Ride Home: Friday Fictioneers
I sat listening to the sound of the train as it moved down the tracks, taking me closer to the place that I swore to never return. The clickety-clack of the train sends me into a trance, as I think back to the last time I was on a train, escaping from a place I... Continue Reading →
Nothing Squeaks But Me: The Friday Fictioneer
Jeffrey keeps a horde of oil cans at the ready, to ensure that there is nothing squeaking in his home. He is meticulous about grabbing an oil can at the first pip out of any of the mechanical gadgets in his home. Doors swing quietly on their hinges, and not one sound is heard when... Continue Reading →
What Peace We Often Forfeit!
As Shannon felt the heart-pounding, shaky breathing, and profuse sweating of a panic attack, she kept repeating, "You are not dying!" Her fear of being alone in a foreign country generated the anxiety. She couldn't seem to find the peace to sleep. She turned over in bed and saw the moon shining as it had... Continue Reading →
When Nowhere Feels Like Home: Friday Fictioneers
Fiction written for Friday Fictioneers by Rochelle Wisoff.com. Jackie had left Griffin, Georgia over twenty-five years ago, promising herself that she would never return. The pain of constantly being taunted and teased at school had nearly drove her insane. Her mother told her to come back and show the people that they did not break... Continue Reading →
Never Stop Remembering
Standing by the ocean looking at the people cry, Kaley's soul seeks peace for them. She remembers that three to five women die every day from domestic violence As a survivor, she's asked to speak a word of comfort, but, how do you make sense of senseless acts? As she lights a candle and lays... Continue Reading →
Help from Heaven 