Michelle’s Writing Catalogue

I awoke startled, and as each eyelid opened, the hair on my arms and the back of my neck stood straight up. There was a giant eye the size of my bedroom wall. …

My back pressed into the bed as my eyes widened in fear. She looked familiar, sharing the shape of my face and my hazel eyes, but that was where the similarities stopped. She was withered with age. Her fingers curled into boney arthritic claws. Her lips pursed in a permanent…

I turned the shower off and opened the curtain. As I reached for my towel, I noticed a hint of the silhouette of the face of a man outside my bathroom window. My body froze in fear as I dragged the towel around me and I peered at the window…

Under his top hat, he peered at me with beady, red eyes. Then his eyes flickered to the bunk above me where my roommate slept. He wasn’t here for me; he was here for her. My panic at seeing him started to wear off, and I fully took him in…

September Six Word Photo Story Challenge: “Comfort” — My ever faithful and constant companion. Luci came into my life at a time when I was dealing with severe and debilitating panic attacks. Medication didn’t seem to help. When we brought Luci home, the panic attacks stopped almost immediately. The years passed and with them came many more medical…

Survive, then thrive… — Thanks to KiKi Walter for her writing prompt — six-word chapters to describe your life. This ended up being a really fun writing challenge. I even brought a little poetry into it. Enjoy. Chapter One: The Set Up A baby with drug addict parents. Chapter Two: The Break Down Broken glass…

My first and what should have been my last school shooting experience. — It was a normal day for me. I was 17. Because my family homeschooled at the time; I had tagged along with my mom for her daytime job that morning. …

April Six Word Photo Story Challenge: “Graffiti & Street Art” — Boom! Pow! Make you go wow! Standing 65 feet by 25 feet and at the World Trade Center Memorial. You can’t miss this beautiful piece of work by artist Todd Gray. His piece called “Flabbergast” is painted on a corrugated metal façade using the pop flair he is known for. Creating a mural at this sacred…