MircoStories - Glimmer Beyond the Glass

Greetings, 

The Micro Story you are about to read was written for a "Through the Window" Competition I entered in over at Clean Fiction Magazine. The criteria was to write a story that was between 1000-1500 words that focused on the image you see below. It asked what the characters were thinking and where they were heading. They also give us a lot of freedom to go where our imagination took us. I'm sharing now because the competition is over. While this story did not win, it is still worth reading in my opinion. But, who am I to judge? I'd love your feedback. 

See you in the pages, 

E.M.

Glimmer Beyond the Glass

Through the window, I saw a place and time beyond my comprehension. As I held my daughter in my arms, everything changed. Looking into the eyes of our faithful companion, who had stood firm with us through everything despite missing his fourth leg, I knew the reality of the world we were living in was filled with pain and hardship. Nothing would keep the three of us from stepping through that window into a world all our own. Our world was bleak. Hope was hidden from us, yet the glimmer in that moment promised a light beyond our pain, even if our future remained uncertain.

The path before us needed to provide a fresh start, a new beginning. Everything we were going through with the loss of my wife, and our other three children was the worst experience either of us had experienced. Talia and I were lost in thought, wondering if we’d survive everything we knew we must now embrace without the support of everyone else in our growing family. When Jasper bit my pant leg and pulled me to this window, I knew the three of us had to step through, if only to get away from the chaos we were about to face. Looking back toward the hallway that had become our home since the fire began and everything happened with Gloria and our other children, I could feel Talia trembling....

You can read more if this micro story here.

See you in the pages, M.J.E.