Jen

"Just a visit from a friend"

Sitting at my desk in a busy office in Manhattan just after lunch time, I fixed a lose end of my white buttoned down shirt that was coming out of the back of my grey pencil skirt. My feet couldn’t...

Faerie Circles

"Three young girls discover the magic of faerie rings"

The rains had come aplenty with the early spring, and everything seemed so much greener than March ought to be. I honestly didn’t think much of Helen’s plan for our outing today, as I knew our path leading back into...

Small Expectations

"Wendy is finding her pregnancy an ordeal, but she finds comfort in the arms of the pregnant Woz"

It was just as Wendy was leaving the classroom where she’d been attending her antenatal class that it finally became too much for her. Throughout the whole class, on whatever it was she’d already forgotten, her mind had drifted well...

Rumspringa (Part 1)

"The first time I fell in love with another girl"

This happened to me in collegeThe year was 2000...Some of you may not know this, but Ohio has one of the largest communities of Amish people in the United States, larger even than Pennsylvania, which is famous for its Pennsylvania...

Rumspringa (Part 2)

"Remembering my first love affair"

Rumspringa (Part 2) This happened in the summer of 2007, but contains flashbacks to events which began in Rumspringa (Part 1).My boyfriend and I seem to have a lot of ties to Amish country here in east central Ohio. David...

Leading Lady – The Book

"Emily shows me the book"

Sunday   I moped about the flat. I did some perfunctory cleaning then decided, fuck it, I’d go to the pub and see some friends. My mobile rang around 1pm just as I was buying a couple of glasses of wine....