Short stories: Storms

by Catriana McClelland

Katsania looked up at the sky, watching the clouds darken. She could smell the storm as it approached. Wrapping her cloak around her lithe form, she began the descent to the small village below. She could hear t...read more

by Morgan mayfair

The valiant purple sky turned a fiery red, the skyscraper sized trees reached and swayed in the wind, and the raging storm approached the town. Storms were extremely common on the far away world but this storm had nothing...read more

by Mary E. Preece

This is a story based on a real life account in the lives of my family. It is about my children and how they dealt with storms and the fear of flooding in their very young lives. When the Flood Waters Came ...read more

by Richard Roberts

Gerald ran down the hallway towards his parents bedroom shouting "I think there's a tornado coming!" It was now 11:08 pm and sleep was the farthest thing from the terrified young boy's mind. The sky was filled with viole...read more

by Robert Brown

Nemesis of the sun Skyscraping thunder caps insulate my town's local topography from the all intrusive sunlight. A soothing shadow cast by rolling amalgamations of airborne vapors makes me romantically long for a soft be...read more

by Nadine Skander

I had not slept all night. My bed was untouched and the window blinds open to the world outside. Instead I sat against the front door feeling the rain pound against it and listening to the wind rushing down the chimney, br...read more

by Leslie Keck

I woke up on Sunday morning and pulled open my bedroom curtains. The sun was shining, it looked like it was going to be a beautiful day. I ran through the shower and got dressed. I went about my usual morning ritual of doi...read more

by Tyler Pickrell

It was coming, right toward us, terrifying! It came out of nowhere as if it came out of invisibility. The wind started to pick up at full speed! Trees started to sway, lean from side to side, almost knocking down! Then the...read more

by Barbara Kasey Smith

It is around seven p.m. when Dad asks me if I have forgotten to go to the barn and give the horses their oats for the day. I remind him that I participated in an after school volley ball competition and I didn't get home a...read more

by Eoin Coleman

The Bum Fred was thrown out onto the street and came to a splashing stop in the gutter. "The Boss says to come back tomorrow. Early." The door shut, cutting off the light emitted from the doorway leaving him in darkne...read more

by Debbie Springer

Today is my youngest sons birthday he is just turning 10 and we have exactly 15 children here to help him celebrate his birthday. My house is very small,only 540 square feet,i bedroom living-room,kitchen and a crawlspace ...read more

by Reva Niner

Madison woke up, when she heard a loud crack of thunder. It was in the middle of January, winter months was under heard of for thunder storms, from where she lived anyway. She started to sit up in bed, which was right next...read more

by Autumn Winters

It was 7:00 pm, my father was at work and i was out side hanging out with my friends Stephan and angel and Ramon, the sky got real black all of a sudden Stephan ran in her house and angel and them ran in there's, i have be...read more

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by Thor Flatmore

TO BE AND NOT TO BE If each one of us merely chooses to THINK of themselves as "off" then "on" again repeatedly............we are killing the Moloch that has eaten 90% of the human race. This thing CANNOT HANDLE IM...read more

by Axel Montgomery

A day in pissed off proportions: So i didn't find out about this stupid storm problem till it was 2 in the afternoon, where the announcements, blabbered about a tornado warning, and she sounded scared on the speakers. ...read more

by Samuel Penny

Fighting The Storm: Ghost town. Wind swirls through the curving roads moaning like a restless spirit. Abandoned litter blown away cleansing the streets. Intense silence; haunting the damp air. Sails shudder with the qui...read more

by Dagan C

Lightning The rain started out as just a drizzle. It came down slowly and not at all hard. Just then I heard a huge boom and the rain came pounding down. I was riding my bike with my friend and my brother when the hail ...read more