Julie Lacksonen

Joined January 2021

322 stories

Bio

Julie has been a music teacher at a public school in Arizona since 1987. She enjoys writing, reading, walking, swimming, and spending time with family.

Achievements (4)

Stories (322)

Filter by community

Sort by (Optional)

The Stained-Glass Lantern
The stained-glass lantern greeted them warmly just after they wed. "I made it for you with love," he said. "It's beautiful! I'll surely cherish it until death.
By Julie Lacksonen5 months ago in Poets
Sounds
What is it I hear? A ticking or a scraping? It's getting louder.
By Julie Lacksonen5 months ago in Poets
It Comes
It comes in the night. It seeks souls on which to prey. Watch your back -- it comes.
By Julie Lacksonen5 months ago in Poets
Silenced
My mouth tries to scream. My breath is quickly choked off. This may be my end.
By Julie Lacksonen5 months ago in Poets
His Target
His sights are on you. Will his beguiling smile Be the last you see?
By Julie Lacksonen5 months ago in Poets
Beauty Gone
The chill in the air Brings an end to your allure. Soon, you will bare all.
By Julie Lacksonen5 months ago in Poets
Why Can't We be Fall Leaves?
As varied as us. Shapes and colors of all sorts, But they never fight.
By Julie Lacksonen5 months ago in Poets
Colorful Fall Leaves
Various colors - My fav'rite ones are yellow, But they're all pretty.
By Julie Lacksonen5 months ago in Poets
The Act of Falling (Leaves)
Color relenting, Wind wisped, detaching, floating, Gracefully landing.
By Julie Lacksonen5 months ago in Poets
Turning Point
Romance, companionship, Always a man by her side. Safe in another’s arms, His desires always satisfied. * She lost herself -
By Julie Lacksonen5 months ago in Poets
Spirits and Ghosts. Top Story - September 2025.
The first time it happened, I was six years old. My neighbor friend, Barry, who was eight, was trying to convince me to climb a tall, old tree. Up he went, without a hitch. I hesitated.
By Julie Lacksonen5 months ago in Fiction
Mind Game
I don't exactly know why or how it happened, but I completely lost my mind. I quit my job as a chef to care for my mother, who had dementia. Maybe that's part of why it happened. She had long since forgotten that she used to call me Bumblebee, for the "Bea" in Beatrice. In fact, she didn't remember me at all. Every day, she thought I was an intruder, even when I showed her pictures of us in happier times.
By Julie Lacksonen6 months ago in Fiction

Julie Lacksonen

Bio

Achievements .css-1svwz57-Text{display:inline-block;color:var(--text-default-mute);}(4)

Stories (322)

Filter by community

The Stained-Glass Lantern

Sounds

It Comes

Silenced

His Target

Beauty Gone

Why Can't We be Fall Leaves?

Colorful Fall Leaves

The Act of Falling (Leaves)

Turning Point

Spirits and Ghosts. Top Story - September 2025.

Mind Game

Achievements (4)