by Karen Malley | Jan 20, 2024 | Short Story
Maddie hurried toward the front of the shopping center where Zoey stood, her scarf wrapped around the bottom half of her face and her hands jammed into her coat pockets. “I’m sorry I’m late. You could have waited inside.” Zoey pulled her scarf from her mouth. “No...
by Karen Malley | Jan 13, 2024 | Short Story
Greg grumbled at the mess in front of him. He’d spent nearly thirty minutes trying to smooth the spackle over the hole in the drywall. What he expected to be a simple job was chewing up half his morning. At this rate, Mike would be here before he was even close to...
by Karen Malley | Jan 6, 2024 | Short Story
(Note: this is a continuation of last week’s post Trusting Him) Bill grinned at the man approaching in the church foyer. “John! How are you?” John stopped in his tracks and squinted. “Bill? Is that you? You look great!” Bill patted his gut. “Lost 25...
by Karen Malley | Dec 22, 2023 | Short Story
“OK, Mom. Have a nice time at church tonight. I’ll try to get over a little early to help you with the meal tomorrow.” Ellen frowned at the phone. “I don’t plan to go to church tonight.” “But it’s Christmas Eve. Why wouldn’t you go to church?” Tori’s voice was...
by Karen Malley | Dec 9, 2023 | Short Story
The car shuddered to a halt along the dusty highway. “No, no, no!” Rachel pounded the steering wheel. She’d forgotten to fill the tank. She slumped against the driver’s seat. Now what? She was five miles past the outskirts of town, and there was never much traffic...
by Karen Malley | Nov 11, 2023 | Short Story
“Do you need anything before I head over to the church? I need to mow the lawn.” Daniel glanced up from his college application to find Dad leaning on the doorframe of his room. “Why do you do that?” Dad’s brow furrowed. “Do what? Mow the lawn at church? Because it...
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