Tag Archives: SSS

Track: Six Sentence Stories

Posted on April 28, 2018 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

Gerard placed  the needle down on the old black vinyl Led Zepplin track Stairway to Heaven that he’d found at the market, reversing it’s tracking so that it played backwards. “Listen to this man. This is really creepy.” They strained to interpret … Continue reading →

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Vent: Six Sentence Stories

Posted on March 31, 2018 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

We sat on the compacted ash that made the edge of the crater, our legs dangling into the huge cavernous hole that opened to the earth’ score.The velvety night wrapped around us as we watched the three vents glowing fiery … Continue reading →

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Coming to: Six Sentence Story

Posted on March 24, 2018 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

She was jolted into semiconsciousness as someone shook her, calling her name. The noise was overwhelming with beeps and machines sounding as though they were breathing in, then out and people yelling orders, ” she’s tubed so you can give … Continue reading →

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Curtain: Six Sentence Stories

Posted on March 17, 2018 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

As we got closer, the blue sky was obliterated and headlights were needed in the middle of the day to negotiate through the pollution that hung low to the ground like a fog rolling in from the sea. Chipping and … Continue reading →

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Wage: Six Sentence Stories

Posted on January 11, 2018 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

Adalie, a short fat child held the gaze of Hiamovi, a sandy haired self-declared genius; neither prepared to be the first to give in.   Hiamovi  swept up Adalie’s leggo and put it in his pocket saying, “you can have it … Continue reading →

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Saved: Six Sentence Stories

Posted on January 4, 2018 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

Maris woke with a start. What had alerted her; a noise, a smell but it didn’t matter, she had to move quickly. Tears ran down her face from her smarting eyes and wheezing, her chest heaving with each breath of … Continue reading →

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A Wrong Diagnosis: Six Sentence Stories

Posted on December 28, 2017 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

The patient was not for resuscitation so the nurses watched as her heart rate slowed, her breathing became shallow and almost imperceptible and her skin became cool to the touch. It came as no surprise when all the alarms sounded … Continue reading →

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A Mother’s Sacrifice: SSS (Six Sentence Stories)

Posted on November 9, 2017 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

Mum would have been half baked if she hadn’t realised what Susan and I did every Thursday, but still she gave us all the ration cards which would entitle us to a loaf of hot, fresh bread. We ran to … Continue reading →

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