fifty-five-word stories

“It’s been here since I was young,” I...

Oct 1st

I woke up today a new person. I used to think everything...

Sep 30th

A young mother was cradling her baby, just months old, in...

Sep 29th

“Is everyone okay?” I called out to the crowd...

Sep 27th

I’ve been tossing and turning all night. I can’t...

Sep 27th

I fell in love for the first time on the second Tuesday of...

Sep 25th

I walked by the shore with the wind blowing furiously, my...

Sep 25th

“Can you come get me?” I barked into my phone....

Sep 24th

He’d always take her home after class. Their schedules...

Sep 23rd

When I wake up in the morning, I always pray for sunny...

Sep 21st

Dear Diary, Today was a good day. I got through it without...

Sep 21st

There’s something wrong, that’s what I thought...

Sep 19th

“So was he everything you had hoped for?” my...

Sep 18th

He was stalling. He knew it, she knew it. They’ve been...

Sep 18th

So I work on a beach. It’s not what you’d...

Sep 17th

She was excited to go to the mall. She had just received her...

Sep 15th

Today, I wrote in my diary again after years of not writing...

Sep 14th

We were always competing. I don’t know how it started...

Sep 14th

When I was nine, I still wet my bed. I was embarrassed to...

Sep 13th

“Remember this place? There used to be a time when we...

Sep 12th

I want to start my day with a smile from you. Because then I...

Sep 10th

I struggle to get out of bed. It’s been raining all...

Sep 10th

Whenever it’s quiet, I still think about her and how...

Sep 8th

I thought this trip was never going to happen. We always had...

Sep 7th

It is a cold night and I can’t sleep. I grab my jacket...

Sep 6th

She walked into the room. She was in a pale pink dress that...

Sep 6th

I like kites. My brother takes me to the park to fly them. I...

Sep 5th

Everyday, Tina would go to Church. With a rosary in her...

Sep 4th

When she was young, she had a habit of looking up. Whenever...

Sep 3rd

We met on the second of April. It was sunny out and I was...

Sep 2nd

“So how’s your day?” he said, in between...

Sep 1st