Lex Short stories

Alexis Gallagher June 11th, 2026                                  The Lighthouse   It’s a cold morning on Pelican Island just off of Seattle. A slight wind was starting to pick up.  At one end of the island Ben was starting his day in the lighthouse.  He checked the forecast and radar.  It looked like a normal calm day was ahead.  As he walked outside towards the other end of the island he noticed the tree branches swaying with small bursts of wind.   On the other side of the island were two buildings. Marcy ran the island bookshop while her sister Linda ran the bakery cafe next door.   Ben walked into the bakery breathing in the fresh aroma of sourdough bread and freshly brewed coffee. He got his usual oat milk latte and blueberry scone wh...

            Alexis Gallagher          February 19th, 2026 Writing prompt: write about an everyday object that has magical powers or comes to life The Kettle   Traveling around to various yard sales is a favorite pastime of mine. One Saturday it was a cool spring day. It was the kind of day perfect for a hot drink from your local coffeeshop. I was at a garage sale.  “Morning, this is an estate sale.” the woman behind the cash table said as she greeted everyone who came to browse.   As I was walking through the aisles of various items: silverware, china, lamps, random nik naks, stuffed animals, china dolls and a seemingly shiny new stove kettle. I slowly reached for the kettle watching my reflection in it. How strange to see something completely new looking when everything around it looked aged. I took the kettle up to the table and paid $5 for it. With my unexpected purchase I made my way to the bus stop and rode...

April 29th, 2025 By Alexis Gallagher Writing prompt: POV of a ghost                A Ghost and His Dog  There is a middle aged man named Gary who was walking with his Alaskan Husky dog named Bear along a river bank near Portland Oregon where he lived. It was a foggy rainy morning when Gary lost his footing along the riverbank and fell into the river where he drowned.     Now Gary was learning what he could do as a ghost. He was feeling like he could do a lot more being invisible, which has its downside. Learning to haunt people he was reading his new book 101 ways for ghosts to haunt people for ghost dummies. Gary was on a mission now, he wanted to find his dog Bear.     Gary enjoyed hanging out by the cemetery by the river where he could hopefully try and find Bear. Unfortunately he was having no luck.   That's when he noticed two men walking dogs. It was also a foggy rainy morning.    Little d...

Wednesday April 10th                      By Alexis Gallagher                                      Weekend at the Museum       Writing Prompt:  Write about a gallery whose paintings come alive at night.    Sandy the school librarian and girl scout troop leader was busy getting the girls on the bus on a late friday morning for their sleep over at the art museum. She had a questionnaire sheet for both the Monet and the Davinci  tours and would hand that out tomorrow at brunch before heading back to the school.      Meanwhile, Rachel the art curator was setting up where everyone would sleep, making sure the meals would be read...