A Ride to Remember

"The innocent teacher has an out-of-this-world time at a party she never expected to be at."

I’d been getting the same bus, sitting in the same seat every weekday. Two stops later he would get on and sit towards the front. EarPods in, checking Facebook, I did not pay much attention to the comings and goings...

Quick. My Husband. Run.

"We have precious few opportunities to exorcise our past loves from our hearts. Sally was luckier than most of us."

Sally wore only a short, sheer, red robe that had black hearts and black roses woven in. Feeling nippy, she closed the second-story window and lost herself while watching the February white snow cover the red. The drag marks leading...

I Love You Now

"Bereaved, a young woman and her father in law rebuild their lives."

1The Sheppard family had, as the words of an old song went, ‘picked themselves up, dusted themselves off, and started all over again’. Well, almost. They had drawn on deep reserves of courage and dogged determination to get through the...

Happily Ever Whatever

"Another one from the vault, a little bit tweaked."

I’m here, it said.      Layne let out a slow breath and hit the send button on his phone, then waited while the car idled at the curb.      It was a torpid night - muggy - and the city reeked of...