Most Recent Realistic Fiction

Five minutes after my dad yelled that the food was ready, I walk down the stairs to our dimmed and decorated dinner table thinking to myself "I wonder what she made this time". As usual my step mom is still running around trying to fix... (more »)

When and how do you confront a liar? The timing is crucial. You have to be prepared, and know what to say and when to say it. You can’t show that you are about to accuse him. Yet you have to make it clear that there is a problem. Don’t smile... (more »)

Wilbur awoke to a night owl’s hooting and leapt out of his twin-size bed, eager to begin his annual Black Friday bargain hunting. He donned his favorite “I Love My Dalmatian” shirt and savored a bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios at a table set for... (more »)

The only sound I know is a car horn. An angry, violent car horn. Beeping mercilessly until all sound stopped for me. Not the most pleasant sound I guess, but it’s all I’ve got. It’s my music. Kinda like that song you can’t get out of... (more »)

Come. Come with me to see what the world left for us. Come and see what humanity has left abandoned. Look there, into that city, see the husks of metal, the ruins of stone towers. Come a little deeper with me, see that place, they used to... (more »)

Alter Ego Three months ago if you would have told me that I’d have to break my best friend out of jail I would have laughed in your face and called you crazy….. Melanie Trotman was supposed to be a lawyer, straight A student, always the... (more »)

Friend I have tons of hope, hope that I will get good grades, hope that I make good money, hope that one day I will get some good friends. But now I’m 45 years old and live in New York, I don’t have any friends but my parents, and certainly... (more »)

Exact: Adj. Precise, as apposed to approximate. It was a little too cold to be getting ice cream, but the wind had died down and the sun was out. We walked away from the shop laughing and licking away at our ice cream.... (more »)

Gone “I’m Sorry.” the words hung in the air as I tried to grasp them, but I couldn’t seem to bring myself to believe what they were telling me. My mom tried to make me feel better by telling me he didn’t want to leave me and my... (more »)

Julia was sitting on the sidewalk curb and watching the playground. Behind her on the driveway, Michael was playing ball with his friends. Julia could hear them hitting the ball against the ground. Thump. Thump. Thump. The playground was on... (more »)