Categories: Ten Word Stories

Blood Makes Blind by Audrey Wick

Audrey Wick is a full-time English professor at Blinn College in Texas. Her writing has appeared in college textbooks published by Cengage Learning and W. W. Norton as well as in The Houston Chronicle, The Chicago Tribune, The Orlando Sentinel, and various literary journals. Her first women’s fiction novel is being published by Tule Publishing in 2018. She is also a frequent presenter at teaching and writing conferences. Connect with her at audreywick.com and on Twitter and Instagram @WickWrites.

This ten word story was typed on a manual Olympia DeLuxe typewriter, circa 1965. Elegant utility. Let’s call her Olivia.

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