9/11 Short Stories

“Yes suh. I felt sorry for her once seemed try more than the rest of them-”

“Come here, look,” she would say, her voice trembling with every syllable, “we received an encrypted letter from Langley.”

I couldn’t breath. Dust was everywhere. Our little town of Lakewood in Oklahoma, has vanished. Cars were now piles of dust on the road. Crops were now dry and nowhere to be seen. My eyes burned and itched. Our house was once a home, but now it looked dark. Dark and scary. It was not as white as it used to be. It always looked happy and felt like a home. But now our house, didn’t feel or look like a home. The walls were cracked and the windows were full of dust. The floors were scratched and clawed. Our beds and blankets are not safe places anymore. The food that we consume, tastes raw, bitter, and has no flavor. We’re eating and swallowing dust everyday. Pa has tired marks on his face. Ma doesn’t cook us our favorite meals anymore. Rose and

Mrs. Chipley and Sarah were standing in the rain in front of Aunt Sarah’s house. Sally felt uncomfortable because she barely knew Aunt Sarah. “ Can you just go in the house already, i’m soaked with water,” says Mrs. Chipley. “ I’m sure Aunt Sarah doesn’t want me here,” Sally says with a frightened face.

“Who are you?” Her large grey eyes now seem more menacing than beautiful. She quickly draws her sword, seemingly angered by his presence.

Max fired and body hit the floor. Screams of terrified people echoed while the gunmen packed his rifle in a briefcase and sauntered away. He calmly entered his car and drove home. He thought about nothing out of the ordinary on the way home. The hit that happened less than 20 minutes ago bounced off him like the target's head against the pavement.

“You’re such a flirt, Aiden.” You did your best attempt of a flirty giggle and mimicked Lydia’s hair twist.

"Sorry I don't look like little miss cheap ass highlights over there. Bet she's so loose you'd fall in." Treasure replies looking past me, and at her.

"Ya thinkin' 'bout somethin', Raaaphie," Once the other looked at him, Casey winked, smirking at the annoyed blush that crossed his face.

“Yeah! So, what?” The words came out of her like vomit and the tone of fake bravado was fooling no one. Musa hoped her face wasn’t getting red. She always looked like a beet when she blushed.

"I did it last time!" Candy half-jokingly argued. "And I really like this scene between Justin and Bella."

I let out a laugh. “I already did that, Miss Mariam! I even brought her back here for company.”

Riley smiled “ Look, Hobo, why don't you go back to the little rock you live under? I'm done here, I can't stand being next to these two losers.”

Anna sat beside the window holding a palm to her face. "Matt is such a jerk. He wanted me to come along because I was his "secret weapon." Well, I'll show him what my secret weapon can do!" She ranted then tucked her head under the

Joy replies in infuriating anger “NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO THINK OF SOMETHING FUNNY, THIS IS SERIOUS MATT!”