Short
Stories by Rachel Keller
Carrie sat back down on her little folding chair until the drum
majorettes came into view. She loved watching those majorettes twirl their batons in the air. In fact, she had just gotten her very own baton for her birthday a couple weeks earlier, and her parents had promised to let her join the majorettes after Christmas.
Katie,
a pregnant high school senior, is about to encounter one of the most
difficult choices of her life.
Tina sat on the porch swing, clutching the bag of ribbons to her
breast as she let the tears flow freely down her face. She hoped no one saw her crying--a grown woman weeping over a silly bag of ribbons. She should have thrown them out long ago, but she could not.
This story won
first place in the Writing Challenge Contest.
Lloyd sighed as he carefully folded the letter and placed the picture back into his wallet. How he hated this war! He wanted to be back with his lovely wife and daughter. Why, his daughter was growing up without him, and he hadn't even met her yet!
When Joleene's parents are killed by a drunk driver, she must live with her aunt and uncle and their adopted daughter. Joleene finds life with her relatives unbearable. Then a tragic accident occurs.
Ted has time to help others' and time to get involved in everything, but his family. A near-tragedy causes Ted to seriously reconsider his priorities.
