Giant Steps Are What You Take_A Man in Love_The Lie_Caleb
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Giant Steps Are What You Take
Write your story from the perspective of a side character.Giant Steps Are What You Take On July 20th 1968, When Commander Neil Armstrong stepped out of the Lunar Module Eagle and stepped onto the moon and said the iconic words – ‘one small step for man one giant leap for mankind’, the people on Earth held their breath’s because they could not quite believe that at last a human being had actually walked on the moon. J. Patrick Lewis, poem ‘First Men on the Moon’ celebrated the landing on the ‘Eagle’:These are the first three verses:That afternoon in mid-July, Two pilgrims watched from distant s...
A Man in Love
The peroxide blonde gave one last heave then awkwardly dismounted. Wordlessly, she gathered up her clothing and strode into the bathroom.Tom Moslewww.onedoor.ccy lay very still. There were sounds of a toilet flushing, a faucet running, and oddly, tooth brushing. He made a mental note to throw out his toothbrush after she left. When she finally emerged from the bathroom, her minidress only emphasized her narrow shoulders and wide, disproportionate thighs. Tom wasn’t sure of her age. He wasn’t sure of her name. Her eyes, lashes clumped together with mascara, smeary with eyeliner, made her look much older than...
The Lie
I am leaning against the side of our decades-old Chevy, watching the numbers on the gas pump scroll higher while I envision the numbers in my bank account simultaneously falling. The windows of the car are open. It is late summer in Texas and so hot that the air overheats your lungs if you inhale too deeply. The A/C unit in the old car died years ago, and the hot breeze is the only thing standing between my son and me and spontaneous combustion.“Dad, look at that man!” I don’t look, because I’m certain the entire gas station has heard the kid yell. I don’t want it to get awkward.“Jay, don’t be...
Caleb
“No! Caleb, put down that doll this second. We don’t touch other people’s things without permission. Apologize right now.” Caleb’s mom had one hand on her hip and was punctuating her speech with the other. Caleb noticed that her scrubs were wrinkled.Caleb did his best to look apologetic as he mumbled, “Sorry, Sherry. Sorry I took your doll,” though he didn’t feel sorry in the least. That Paw Patrol doll should be his, not hers. He picked at his worn tie dyed t-shirt and stuck out his lower lip, even though he knew he would be punished if he didn’t straighten up. That’s what his mom would say i...