Posts Tagged ‘House’
Nov
Company
by thegooddoctor in 100 Words
When Bill and Melissa arrived home, they found that every floor in their house had been covered with clover. The couple was understandably frightened.
Reports had been circulating for weeks of belligerent leprechauns running loose in the city. It had been dangerous for them to even leave their home, but Bill had insisted they’d be safe at the park.
It may have been Stockholm syndrome, but having the leprechauns in their home didn’t seem so bad. There was plenty of whiskey and dancing, plus they were granted a few minor wishes.
But after 600 years, their company has grown quite tiresome.
May
Grass Stains
by thegooddoctor in 100 Words
The neighborhood still smoldered as much as the house’s charred remains. Hushed faces stared out from lawns, secretly cathartic. Firemen, and one woman, huddled in clusters, their whispers lingering like the smoke. Beside the black husk that used to be 4522 Westhaven Drive, memories were piled up like litter, tossed aside to make way for fire hoses.
Rebecca sat against the oak tree, numbed. The fire was probably her fault. Her mother had always warned her about those candles. But as she huddled against the dawn chill, all she could think about were the grass stains on her floral pajamas.