"Thank You JWren for taking the time to edit my story and art work. As always your support."
I must tell you I became really depressed about the dating scene. Why? Well, it seemed that every guy I was attracted to, turned out to be either not interested in me or was with someone else or… whatever, it...
"I thought I was seducing her, then she had a surprise for me..."
I’d known Penny for several years, ever since she came to London from her native Australia and we met through a mutual friend. I’d always kind of fancied her, but as far as I’d been able to tell she wasn’t...
"Be careful who you stand next to on the Subway"
Subway, Metro, Tube: all are urban transit systems (mostly underground) which you can encounter in New York, Paris or London. Most of the time they are crowded. And in summer, they are usually stifflingly hot.Tina and her Russian partner Tamsin...
"Finally, Karen is at peace with her one true love."
I hardly noticed the crashing sound, or the voices shouting but a firm though gentle hand gripped my own and lifted the blade away from my flesh leaving nothing but a barely visible scratch. “Come on now, Miss, nothing is...
"Joanna is reminded of a love that got away."
Tuesday 22 February 2011. Twelve fifty-five pm. That was when a devastating earthquake hit my home town of Christchurch, New Zealand, after which nothing in this city will ever be the same again. Unbeknown to me at the time, that...
"Parting is such sweet sorrow!"
The following days passed in a flash. Jemima tried hard to get me to go with her, even suggesting that we go by sea for the outward leg but, at such short notice, we would not make the flight back...
"Vanessa discovers there's more to the girl next door than she thought..."
I’m five feet eight, slim, a little too slim in the breast department for my own liking but I hadn’t had any complaints. My eyes are brown as is my hair which is cut short. I live in my own...
"Karen begins the first day of the rest of her life"
The figure was that of a woman. A woman who was familiar to me somehow and yet... “Hello, Karen.” Her voice was thin and hollow, feint and yet clear. I looked at the supine figure of Jemima lying beside me,...
"A hot afternoon just gets hotter"
It was a surprisingly warm September afternoon; an Indian summer the gleeful weather forecasters were calling it, and Amy and I were in our accommodation trying to keep cool. Tall glasses of iced tea sat sweating on the side table...
