Break From Reality. Daily.
This story is by Page Craw and was part of our 2024 Fall Writing Contest. You can find all the writing contest stories here. Both clock hands high above our homeroom teacher’s desk ticked to noon when the first three elementary grades departed The Little Red Schoolhouse for recess. Four Second Grader friends walked to the…
This story is by Page Craw and was part of our 2023 Fall Writing Contest. You can find all the writing contest stories here. Mommy called from the first floor. “Hurry up, Pagie. Your daddy is waiting in the driveway.” I was always late for a reason. My unruly hair stuck out in the most peculiar…
This story is by Page Craw and was part of our 2022 Fall Writing Contest. You can find all the writing contest stories here. George Seldon, an eligible bachelor, retained a bemused expression on the sidelines of the Jefferson Hotel’s ballroom until Lettie Carter’s name was announced. Amazed, he nudged Thomas Waller. “Can that be…
This story is by Page Craw and was part of our 2022 Spring Writing Contest. You can find all the writing contest stories here. Ricky could hardly remember when he’d stopped smiling at his dad, and he suspected Glenn didn’t even notice. Both father and son were skyscraper tall, but genetics notwithstanding, they had little…
This story is by Page Craw and was part of our 10th Anniversary Writing Contest. You can find all the writing contest stories here. The light of this early April day was still dim, filtered through the silk fabric side panels of the mahogany tester bed. Louvinia had been awake for a few hours in…
This story is by Page Craw and was part of our 2021 Spring Writing Contest. You can find all the writing contest stories here. The Spring rains brought a steady decline in Mama’s health, unnoticed by me, a three-year-old. Ling, at eleven, became more attentive, perhaps wanting to lessen the inevitable pain, but by the…
This story is by Page Craw and was part of our 2020 Fall Writing Contest. You can find all the writing contest stories here. Mirabelle knew how to test my patience. She was a flibbertigibbet, but her enthusiasm, even for her ridiculous fancies, compelled my acquiescence every time. When I looked at her, my innards…
This story is by Page Craw and was part of our 2020 Summer Writing Contest. You can find all the writing contest stories here. Had the Clarion-Ledger from Jackson, Mississippi posted an announcement, it would have registered Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Grantham of Natchez’s announcement of the engagement of their daughter Mildred May…
