There was a stranger in my bed last night. He was meek, his hair gray, his eyes dark and protruding. When I first set eyes upon him my heart began to palpitate. A gasp escaped through my lips, breath taken away.
A creature was stirring. He was, indeed, a mouse.
Debbie is an aspiring writer. Her journal is her saviour and she is now feeling compelled to share.
He gave my daddy 20 gold coins.
“Room?”
He had one bag.
We quickly arrived at his room.
He placed his colt on his table. “That’s our secret.”
“May I see?”
“No.”
I gave him the key.
The next day he was gone without a trace.
Except for the revolver.
Gaghe Macwilliams is a high school student from PEI Canada who decided to try out 50-word stories.
There used to be an old man who walked down an old dirt road,
Passing through towns, never stopping for long.
Kids’d point and talk, and people’d spread rumors
Saying he was the boogeyman,
Saying he was a soldier left behind, a murderer.
And some
saying he was
an angel.
Vlad Barbu is a young man trying to figure things out like everyone else. His hobbies include art, music, gaming, and testing awkward paths through life. He is currently serving a 5 year sentence in the USMC.