We Are Here
“A beautiful, hauntingly pale woman surrounded by eerie blue tones wears a crimson necklace…”
“A beautiful, hauntingly pale woman surrounded by eerie blue tones wears a crimson necklace…”
“What I wanted was a big warm tub and a baby that just slipped right out like a little seal…”
“I call him Orion because under the blackest of skies he lies like a gentle beacon, embodying the spirit of a warrior…”
“Tell you about what, or rather, who was left behind—on the gravel road outside of my house…”
“On Aquidneck Island in Narragansett Bay, I picked up a little work as a bareboat skipper…”
“Many embraced vitriolic authoritarians, who blamed our problems on the easiest scapegoat available: the immigrant…”
The hospital room is crowded with chairs, monitors, an IV and the startling noise of my father’s breathing…
She was like a hummingbird, always flighty and in movement, but my mother’s eyes were glued to the screen this time…
Congratulations to the winners of the 2023 Dreamers Micro Nonfiction Story Writing Contest, for nonfiction stories between 100-300 words.