Short story: “Leslie”

When the principal’s secretary called our names over the intercom, asking our teacher to send us down to the office, my heart beat the way it does when you’re at a parade and the band’s drums jump into your stomach. I was pretty sure what it was about. At lunch on the playground, I’d watched …

Luann Is Lying

Welcome to Episode 3 of Luann Is Lying, a new weekly feature on Books To Pen. Each episode is a quick 250 words. The premise? Luann can’t seem to get through a day without telling some kind of lie and it’s not clear if she’s in control or on the verge of something else. I …

Luann Is Lying

Welcome to Luann Is Lying, a new weekly feature on Books To Pen. Luann can’t seem to get through a day without telling some kind of lie and it’s not clear if she’s in control or on the verge of something else. I hope you enjoy seeing where her fibs and half-truths take her. Here …

Luann Is Lying

Welcome to Luann Is Lying, a new weekly feature on Books To Pen. Luann can’t seem to get through a day without telling some kind of lie and it’s not clear if she’s in control or on the verge of something else. I hope you enjoy seeing where her fibs and half-truths take her. Here …

100-word Flash Fiction: “Chat”

The mixed egg sizzled then turned fluffy in the small cast-iron pan. Don’t add milk,” she’d instructed earlier, asserting as much control she could in her diminishing domain. Across the room, she waited in her chair. “And don’t overcook it,” she added. “It dries out too much if you do.” Egg done and on a …

Timmy and the Race

Timmy stood there, defiant. If any of the other boys had looked closer, they would have seen that he was about to cry. A mother would have known this, his mother would have definitely known, and had she been there she would have rushed over to Timmy, comforted him from the wrong he was suffering, …