We didn’t live there anymore. Hadn’t for a decade.
And yet, as flames licked at the windows and devoured the roof, as smoke belched into the twilight sky, I stood on the hose-wet lawn suffocating, asphyxiating on the fumes of my childhood while firefighters tried—failed—to stop its burning.
Angela Teagardner has been selling books for twenty years – not her own though, not yet. A bookseller for pay and a writer for passion, she’s been writing stories and poetry since middle school. She currently lives in Columbus, Ohio with her husband, daughter, and two extremely cranky cats.
I can’t imagine how difficult it is to limit yourself to fifty words and still create a story with layers of sentiment, but you did it wonderfully!
I’m in agreement with Lisa; be it high five’s, first bump, or just a plain old “Congratulations! That was very well done.” You can actually have them all.