fifty-five-word stories

It was already getting dark and she was still out. It was...

Jul 1st

We are worlds apart. Not a single day passed when you did...

Jun 29th

No matter how hard she tries, he always manages to pop up in...

Jun 29th

One of the best vacations they’ve ever had was about...

Jun 27th

“Must suck to be stuck in your room.”...

Jun 27th

We had not talked for years. And I was afraid he had...

Jun 26th

It was a sunny day out but I refused to go out. I liked...

Jun 25th

We’d walk across school and take a trike home. I...

Jun 24th

She drove up to the driveway of her old house. It had been...

Jun 23rd

I gave him cupcakes each with a flag—for each monumental...

Jun 22nd

It had been a very long day. We were both tired from work,...

Jun 21st

He wrote to her every day of the week. She wept with each My...

Jun 20th

I walked with him while he took pictures of the sky. We...

Jun 18th

I remember you lived in that yellow building across the...

Jun 17th

The world does not revolve around you. There are bigger...

Jun 17th

We take turns jumping into the boxes and missing the cracks...

Jun 16th

I was almost too afraid to step out of the car. My mother...

Jun 15th

We spend our afternoons under the shade of this tree....

Jun 13th

We pretend that everything is fine and just hide under the...

Jun 13th

He looked at her and instantly knew that she was worried....

Jun 11th

“Are you going to be okay?” “I don’t...

Jun 10th

There will be days when you’ll feel me drifting away...

Jun 9th

The road stretched to forever. Nothing but green grass and...

Jun 9th

I visit you when I can because I know that you hear me...

Jun 8th

“Hey, where do you want to go today?”...

Jun 7th

I was waiting for him by the window. No sign of him. I...

Jun 6th

This is probably the last time. I was silent when we turned...

Jun 5th

You used to write to me everyday. On paper, in ink. I felt...

Jun 4th

When I was five, my parents left me in the grocery. An...

Jun 3rd

“So what have you been up to?” “Nothing,...

Jun 2nd

Sometimes I have to double check to make sure you’re...

Jun 1st