Welcome to this week’s installment of many micro stories, ranging in length from 100 words to 500 words.
With each story we hope to deliver a little whimsy into the lives of our readers.
GARRETT
“You’re mine forever,” I told Ella after we began dating. “Even if the world ends.”
She said I was super intense and overdramatic, but her eyes sparkled. “Those are some of the things I love about you,” she added, laughing like this was the funniest thing ever.
When I told Ella I wasn’t exaggerating but dead serious, she swore she’d never leave me or be unfaithful.
She slept with another man right after we got engaged, though.
No one will ever find what’s left of Ella. Of her lover, either. Like I told her in the beginning, she was mine.
Gabriella Balcom lives in Texas and writes fantasy, horror, romance, sci-fi, and more. She’s had 559 works accepted for publication and was nominated for the Washington Science Fiction Association’s Small Press Award. Clarendon House Publications published Gabriella’s multi-genre anthology, On the Wings of Ideas, after one of her stories was voted best in a book. JayZoMon/Dark Myth Company released her romance, Worth Waiting For, which won second place in their 2020 Open Contract Challenge. Black Hare Press published her sci-fi novella, The Return, and Dark Myth Publishing released Gabriella’s horror novella, Down with the Sickness and Other Chilling Tales. Her Facebook author page: https://m.facebook.com/GabriellaBalcom.lonestarauthor
If you enjoyed this story you can find it and more in the Hawthorn & Ash 2023 anthology.
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