Rachael Ritchey

Category: short stories

  • Hazel #BlogBattle 69

    #BlogBattle 69 “Hazel” genre: Western “Gol durn it, woman! Alls I want is one little kiss. That ain’t askin’ too much, is it?” Jesse slapped his dusty stetson against his hip sending a cloud of fine dirt wafting through the air. He coughed on it and waved the hat around, stirring up more dirt and…

  • Meandering Menagerie

    #BlogBattle: Menagerie genre: inspiration/children’s fic Beauty upon beauty. Legend upon legend. The menagerie was more than a zoo, more than a place to keep and display wild animals. It was her home. She’d grown up there and never left the confines of its walls. She couldn’t imagine a better place to live and play, and…

  • Up in Flames #BlogBattle #ShortStory

    #BlogBattle Genre: Drama/Suspense THEME word: HERO The blood curdling screams of onlookers were punctuated by the cracking of super-heated crossbeams and the deafening crash of a ceiling no longer held in place. Stephen slammed his mask on as fast as he could, checked his gauges, and ran for the crumbling building. His truck was the…

  • Seeing Words #ShortStory #BlogBattle #photograph

    They say a photograph is worth a thousand words. That might be a cliché, but for me it is the truth. You see, I’m mute and deaf. I can’t speak or hear. I’ve got my eyes, though, and I see things in a photograph that the average eye cannot. The truth is, I only need…

  • Space Surfer #Scifi #BlogBattle

    Genre: Science Fiction — #BlogBattle: Surfer Finally! He’d passed all the holodeck training courses. The last one went way better than he’d expected, and Rifynn was stoked to try out his new skill in the real world. His mom harped on him over and over about “safety first” and “beggars can’t be choosers.” Both phrases…

  • Stern & Penn #crimefiction

    I started this story for #BlogBattle: Surfer, but it’s going to end up wayyyyy too long, so I’ll just post it and write a bit of flash fiction for the battle. Seriously, I’m not sure I can write crime fiction anyway, but we’ll call this PART ONE The waves crashed and whooshed outward in the…

  • It’s All an Act #blogbattle #microfiction

    Here’s my Blog Battle #60 “Duplicitous” story! Genre: contemporary Hard, smooth, ridged, white, and tainted by the leathery smell of animal hide, I rub my fingers along the braided seams and wait for Coach to give the go ahead. A faint raindrop tickles at my nose and reminds me yet again of the stupidity of…

  • It’s All Fun and Games

    #BlogBattle “Float” – It’s All Fun and Games Genre: Suspense/Contemporary Drama A spark of something orange flashed before my eyes, and I flinched back. A sulfur sort of smell burned my nostrils, but I couldn’t see anything after the flash. It was totally dark, and the cold damp of the sandy floor under my bare…