Out of the Box Short Stories
Out of the Box Short Stories
Submitted By: Linda Rayner Spring, with its warm breezes, new emerald growth and budding flowers, was transitioning into the hot days of summer as June was gradually drawing to a close. Although it should have been a time of anticipating the lazy, laidback days of summer holidays, the season proved…
Submitted By: Nadia F. I grew up in Chicago, Illinois, with my parents, sisters and brother. We attended a Catholic church and I went to Catholic schools. I loved the Catholic Church and believed in God, but I always felt that something was missing. In my early twenties I prayed…
By: Lorraine Kane The year was 1994 and Christmas was speedily approaching. We were expecting relatives from Hungary, my husband’s aunt and uncle, to join us that holiday season and I knew it would be a busy time. There was much to do to prepare. My husband and I…
Christmas 2004 and we were on our way to Manitoba, from our home in Alberta, to celebrate the season with my parents and family. Our four children, aged four to thirteen years old, were all buckled in and ready for the long sixteen hour or so drive to our destination…
By: Billy Butler I lived at the bottom of an old coal mining town called Helensburgh, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Helensburgh is a beautiful town with lots of Australian Eucalyptus called Gum Trees. The trunks of these evergreen trees are usually smooth, white to cream-colored…
In April 1994, while I was still living in my home country of Kenya, I gave birth to my third son, Moses. Kenya is one of the best countries in Africa, with very little crime and known as a safe place to live. Our home was located in Thika, an…
Australia is a beautiful country and the only country in the world that covers an entire continent. This is where I was born and raised. My home country is one of the largest countries in the world, with one third dessert and most of the farms and cities located in…
We, as a family, were living in Wake Forest, North Carolina at the time. This state was a beautiful place to live, which contained both beaches and mountains, lush forests and an abundance of flowering shrubs and trees in the springtime. The weather was exceptionally warm year round and rarely…
By: Anonymous Contributor My story took place approximately twenty years ago. My husband and I lived in a lovely home, due to his skill to renovate and turn any house into a showpiece. I’ve always been grateful for God’s blessings, a good husband and our two wonderful children…
When I was almost two years old, one month shy of it, my parents drove into the big city, Winnipeg, to do some shopping. My mother has told me that they were in a bad part of the city and yet, they still chose to do what they did. In…
