Category: Shorts

    Carrie sat against the seawall, her knees drawn up tightly to her chest, looking across the bay waters to the Island. The foam of the first waves of high tide tickled her bare toes. She loved the feel of the water as it came to shore and then retreated into itself again as … Continue reading What Lies Across the Ocean

Charlie Wilson turned around and looked up at his friend, Jack. “Can we do it?” he asked. “We can’t leave him out there,” Jack replied. “If there’s any chance he could still be alive.” Charlie turned and ordered the others to move as far away from the door as possible. “And pray!” he said. He … Continue reading Hold On To Me, The Conclusion

For Jan moving to a new home and always feeling like an outsider had become a way of life. She had figured it out. Every time, her dad would tell them -- always at dinner -- "I've got a promotion, we'll be moving to...." Blah, blah, blah. Some other nameless town with mostly faceless people..... … Continue reading Hold On To Me

As long as Callie could remember, she loved to sit on her grandfather’s handmade glider under the gnarled spreading Oak tree in the front yard of his farmhouse. From that glider, she loved to look out over the lake. That tree and glider and lake held a special meaning for Callie. It was there, when … Continue reading The Kissing Tree

  Sarah had always been intrigued by the Scripture, “Do not neglect hospitality, because through it some have entertained angels without knowing it.” She knew angels and God’s faithful weren’t the same. Yet, she had heard stories, even Bible stories about angels appearing to men, and she knew that to be true. She knew an … Continue reading Angels Unawares