"She has told me what she wants; am I willing to give it to her?"
“I need to talk to you about something.”My wife leaned forward intently. The candlelight from our dinner table cast a soft, intimate glow on her beautiful face. After twenty-three years, I found her as alluring as the day we met.Five-nine,...
"The search for Tanya ends, but a new beginning awaits Dove."
I never realized fear could feel so cold. Like frozen creek water coating my insides, from the top of my skull to the soles of my feet. I stayed motionless, my stare fixed on the gun Rick held.August slowly lifted...
"When stone remembers how to feel, flesh remembers how to heal."
She had hardened into silence.Stone was not meant to sense the turning of seasons, and yet she did. She knew the warmth of summer by the way no one lingered in the air made heavy by heat. She knew the...
"After a forced breakup with my youth first love, followed by a severe depression, I got back to normal life thanks to Christine, a kind classmate"
ForewordI’m an old Frenchman who doesn’t have much time left to live because of several serious health problems. I've had no sexual ability for eight years, which doesn't bother my wife, who has stopped having any sexual desire since a...
"Special deliveries make Christmas"
20th December: Ding dong!Hurrying along the hall, I open the front door. On the step, a neat rectangular box waits to be claimed. I scoop it up and glance around for the delivery driver—they’ve already vanished, but I hear the...
"Would Nick make it home as promised?"
Christmas had always been Holly’s favorite holiday. Not just the day itself, but the weeks leading up to it. From the bell-ringing Santa at the department store to decorating the tree while listening to Bing Crosby’s “I’ll Be Home For...
"It took twenty-four days to unravel. One to arrive."
I looked at her the way I always did every last Friday of the month, when payday beers had turned warm in my blood, and it was time to watch her walk the opposite direction from O’Malley’s.“You alright?” I asked...
"A refugee is integrating with the locals!"
December 20th.Dear Diary,Only six sleeps until Christmas! It’s been a fucking awful year, God knows. Obviously, leaving Kyiv was the main event. I can’t even watch the news anymore, it’s so scary and depressing. Ivan still messages me every day,...
"A story of mutual hope"
A Story of Two Hearts That Refuse to Let Distance WinThe room was quiet except for the soft rhythm of breath—yours, already uneven with anticipation, and Skip's, steady and devoted, as if he were memorizing the shape of you through...
"Testing Jeff and Kat's purrfect panacea."
Part four. Testing Jeff and Kat’s Purrfect Panacea.She beamed with delight and suggested, "What do you say we stay home from work and play hooky?"Loving her suggestion, I chuckled and said, “I already have tonight off, but playing hooky sounds...