Story Starters for March
1 March 2010
- I try to open my eyes but the light is too bright. I squint against the pain and try to look towards the darkest corner. There is no dark corner. A sound, gentle yet frightening, beckons for my attention. It hurts as my eyes meet…
- My wife’s face is red and covered with sweat. A nurse stands on the opposite side of her as I do. My wife nods to me and I prompt, “Deep breathe, now push, two, three, four, five, six, doing good, eight, nine, ten, breathe, push…” Her breaths aren’t deep between pushes, but quick and short. The midwife asks if I want to look. I can’t. She grabs my wife’s hand and guides it down to touch the head. She screams, “Noooooo!”
- Late! I’m running late, now? Damn it! I’m the guest of honor. It’s okay to be fashionably late, but this is ridiculous. I honk my horn pointlessly at the car in front of me in the parking-lot freeway. And to think, I was actually getting the award for…
- That’s it! Farris Sheckle will not have the last laugh this time. He may think he does, but that is all part my plan. Tomorrow he’s in for it. Now I just need to get…
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