One Sentence Stories

This is a very strange challenge I have given myself, in order to write as often as I can. One Sentence Stories will be frequently posted short stories - written in one sentence (or more🤭).

Though only a few words long, each story is intended to be full and comprehensive (beginning, middle and end-type of stories).

Skim through and enjoy!

He said, “I don’t understand meditation or how it works but I do know that each time I mediate, and I’ve been doing it everyday, I become closer to the person I want to be.”

This time when he held her I saw that the hurt had left her eyes, giving way to a smile so freshly settled but unfamiliar. 

The last, pale leaf detached from an insignificant branch halfway up the tree and began to ride on the shoulders of the wind until it hesitantly slipped onto the surface of the water below: a long awaited voyage just beginning. 

…55 Word Story

“1, 2, 3…” Elaine confidently held her breath. “12, 13…” The blurry, aqua haze filtered verdant plant life around her. “23, 24…” The current grew and slammed her eyes shut. “36… ” Blood pulsed harshly down her limbs. “42!” She screamed, breaking the sea’s foamy surface. “New record!” She shot a cheeky look straight at him.