Microfiction: Drabbles and Six-Word Stories

(Found on Google Images, serves as image for my Drabble Microfiction)

Monsters Under the Bed

    As I lay my head on my pillow, I feel uneasy. There's some sort of seeping feeling, as if I am going to be swallowed up by the ground at any moment. I look around my childhood room, analyzing the old trophies and posters I used to adore. These four walls protected me from danger, as they provided me shelter from the monsters outside. As I got older though, these monsters worked harder and harder to follow me in. So as I lay, looking around my childhood room, I feel the monsters have finally made their way under my bed.

Run

    And I stood, watching him run.

Author's Note: Both of these microfictions have a very somber, somewhat dark tone. I used this approach because I feel it's more tangible to translate a sad attitude with fewer words than it would be for a happy one. I came up with both of these stories for this assignment, but found it relatively smooth to complete. For the "Monsters Under the Bed" microfiction, my inspiration was the feeling of being a college student, as we often feel like a small fish in a big pond; going back to childlike, familiar behavior in order to help ourselves feel comfortable again. However, part of growing up is facing uncomfortable feelings, which will never escape us as we continue to grow. For the "Run" microfiction, my inspiration was to write a sentence that could be placed in a multitude of different contexts. I feel that the six-word story I came up with could be used in a full dystopian style story; a young-adult story; a romance story; or even a comedy story. I wanted to do this to give the reader the freedom to match it to whatever context came to mind, allowing them to give those six-words a personal meaning.