Tag: fiction
-
Salt

a short story A woman deals with the grief of loss while living with her sister on the shoreline. Saltby Jeremy C Kester Sea spray soaked the air in salt. She stood on the shoreline, her hair a blend of white and the dark of dampness. Thickened strands blew this way and that, obeying the…
Jeremy C Kester
-
Soap

Each dish moved from sink to drainer. A slow, methodical process, but one by one, they each made it over to their mediary destination. One they would hold for the short while of drying before being taken to their place in the storage cabinets.
Jeremy C Kester
-
A Simple Story

a short story “It’s a simple story,” my grandpapa said again. I sat on the stoop as he rocked back and forth in his chair. The words, the motion, everything the same. This was the way things had been that summer. Few words were ever spoken except those four. The stroke took all the other…
Jeremy C Kester
-
Forbidden Story
a 100-word short story (micro fiction) She propped pillows up on her bed, careful to ensure that there would be enough space to hide it when needed. Carefully, she removed the book from its precious space, where her mother or father would be less likely to find it. Of course that was the danger of…
Jeremy C Kester
