Break From Reality. Daily.
This story is by Rebecca Lea and was part of our 10th Anniversary Writing Contest. You can find all the writing contest stories here. The students called it “Ghoul’s Gorge” ever since hikers found a student dead on the moss-covered rocks below. There was a fence now, its silvery crisscross hatches bearing remnants of tattered…
This story is by Rebecca Lea and was part of our 2021 Spring Writing Contest. You can find all the writing contest stories here. Emersyn creaks open the crooked steel door and peeks in. Droplets of breath precede her. In the middle of the room is a transparent cube with a tiny baby inside. He…
This story is by Rebecca Lea and was part of our 2020 Fall Writing Contest. You can find all the writing contest stories here. I dropped into the toddler-sized seat of a dank preschool classroom. The judge had said “Samantha, jail or rehab.” A no-brainer. I had done my thirty days but was still shaky. …
This story is by Rebecca Lea and was part of our 2020 Summer Writing Contest. You can find all the writing contest stories here. Alligators to the left? Alligators to the right? My sunburned brain focused on one thought: the gate was locked. As the round headlights of my ancient open-aired Jeep CJ-7 blinked at…
