short story – MarieGWrites

Say Your Prayers

I inhaled a deep breath, my eyes still closed. For the last 4 minutes I’ve heard every word they’ve said. The stupid idiots think I’m still passed out. This should be easy. Where I hated to be restrained, this is not the first time I’ve had my hands bound and my mouth gagged like this.Continue reading “Say Your Prayers”

The Whispers

The air was wet that evening and the cold wind that had been blowing for weeks, had turned sharp, like ice that night.When they found her at dawn, her face was frozen to the side of the tree this time, her eyes glaring widely to the horizon. She was dead. The stars shone in theContinue reading “The Whispers”

Love Made Me Do It

I was running. Running so fast I could barely feel my breath as it entered and left my lungs. Running so fast that my head throbbed with blood and made my vision foggy. “What have i done?”I lay flat on the ground, the wetness on the street seeping through my clothes and cooling my back.Continue reading “Love Made Me Do It”

Infinity Escape

She woke at 5am with an alarming sense of enthusiasm for the day. When usually she would be glazed-eyed and grumpy at waking in the early hours, she instead accepted the morning with pleasure. A break in the curtains shielding the draft of a cool morning showed her that the day was already going toContinue reading “Infinity Escape”