Ashley Maureena
Bio
I am a resident of north Texas and hold a degree in History Education from UTDallas. I worked in the school system and for non-profits.
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Stories (19)
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The Isolation
I held my breath as I gently parted my dust-covered Venetian blinds. The shadowy figure walked away from my home. Had my heart stopped beating with the knock on the door? Perhaps. Who knows how long my vital functions hinged on the verge of total failure as I waited for the unknown danger to leave.
By Ashley Maureena 5 years ago in Fiction
The Interrogation
“What do you dream of?” “Electric sheep and chocolate cake.” The austere man across from the speaker shifted ever so slightly in his seat. His hand drifted up to his tie’s perfect knot in an attempt to loosen it, but thought better of it. “Electric sheep…”
By Ashley Maureena 5 years ago in Futurism
The Notebook of Ammon
“I see you found my notebook.” The baritone voice made me jump. I instinctively jerked my hand away from the black notebook I had been reading. “You abandoned it… I… I’m sorry. I looked to see if there was a name, and saw…” What had I seen? An ornate cartouche where the contact information normally went. “…let’s just say, I was intrigued.”
By Ashley Maureena 5 years ago in Futurism
For_Love_and_BitCoin
“My professor called my paper ‘anarchist dribble’ and that ‘if society followed your logic, homes would burn and children would be slaughtered in the street’. Brilliant, isn’t it?” Reagan Satchford pushed her laptop away. She ran her fingers through her spiked, short hair while laughing. “Children would be slaughtered in the street… wicked. Falalalala, lala, la, la.” She sang the last statement to keep with the holiday season they celebrated. Meager decorations hung upon their studio apartment walls.
By Ashley Maureena 5 years ago in The Chain
Ab Aeterno
Keefe huddled in the corner of his bathroom, allowing the sink’s faucet to pour its hot liquid into the overflowing basin. The water cascaded onto the tiled floor below. There, the water mixed with blood, swirling around like the paint his mother would let him use when he was a child.
By Ashley Maureena 5 years ago in Horror
The Lowliest of Animals
A loud thud resounded off the brick buildings that rose menacingly over Main Street, followed by the echoes of wretched mumbling. A rat stopped its late-night search for food when it heard the sounds. It shook its head; the scene was all too familiar to the lowliest of animals.
By Ashley Maureena 5 years ago in Families
