Tag: #loss

Left Behind, circa 1950 ©Elsa Wolf

This short story helped me formulate aspects of my published novel. It was originally a version of the prologue, but I changed in the final version. Please enjoy this rendition and find my completed novel on Amazon: Buried Truths, A Daughter’s Tale…

When The Silence Broke © Elsa Wolf Barnes

Forty years had passed since they’d split under unusual circumstances. The phone call Catlyn had received just yesterday felt ghostly. The voice on the other end of the line was his—except that didn’t make sense. Jody was dead. Or so she thought. After the call, Catlyn rifled through a box of mementos and found his…

Keep Me Forever – A Taste

Jim packed more of his belongings than he expected to use during his trip to Savannah. The seams of his wax-canvas backpack and duffel bag strained against the load, but he was too tired to repack. As an afterthought, he pulled out the extra cash he’d squirreled away in a canister under his bed and…

A Short Story – Memories Of Mommy Dee © Elsa Wolf

Elaine drove down a residential road lined with aspen trees, their leaves had turned into the orange and yellow of autumn. As a child she didn’t know the road’s name, but now she knew it to be called Bryce Street. Memories flooded into the front of her consciousness. The events of these memories shaped her…