"A young woman prefers to drive with her tops down."
Carrie Leslie slyly snatched the nametag out from under the noses of the convention center’s gendarmerie. She was still wearing a bridesmaid’s dress because she couldn’t find the woman that she swapped clothes with, and neither of the couple that...
"A little spontaneity in the morning"
6:32amMorning comes. After realizing he’s at home, having slept well after a long week at work, Alex stretches in silence, feeling the morning sun begin to rise. Slipping out of the sheets, he does his best not to wake his...
"This spring break delivered more than I bargained for."
It was over eighty degrees and well past midnight. Spring break in Florida was at its peak with thousands of college students swarming the town. Working for a limo company, I was getting dispatched to some really exciting spots to...
"There is no responsibility when you can blame something else"
Who cares if I am eclectic in taste and eccentric in personality? Not me.It is cooler today, steam swirls from my coffee, and the teaspoon rests. Opaque, dark, and shiny, the bubbles spin, mesmerising my aimless mind.Savouring its smoky bitterness,...
"Prologue: Students' last days of summer before heading to USI."
Angelica and her high school friend, Bobby, sat awkwardly on the couch. Angelica pushed her glasses up her freckled nose. Her sister had just run back upstairs.Angelica's younger sister, Abbey, was in high school and knew full well about the...
"A group of pilgrims share some unholy tales on the road"
Perhaps no Saint is so roundly cursed as St. James is on the Roads to Santiago. He was certainly receiving a volley of expletives from Mariona T. as she shouldered her bag for the final two hours of the day....
"Lovers meet in a bathroom during a party"
IWe seem to have managed to avoid too many prying eyes as we leave the main room via different doors. The bathroom is under the staircase and you get there first, smiling - your cheeks a little rosier even than usual -...
""Lets go home, babe. We can have more fun there.""
The door to the darkened bedroom opened up and two figures stepped inside. The taller of the two reached for the light switch near the door, and with a flick of his hand; illuminated the room. Both of them were...
"Jen gets posted at the postbox"
I had been at a long, boozy lunch with friends that had carried on to the night as these sorts of lunches tend to.We ended up at a bar, where I spied on John, an ex-fling. John and I had...
"The next day after a Candid Train Ride."
I woke up to the gentle sounds of the train rumbling underneath me. It took me a second to remember where I was. The sun was bright in my face as I sat up in the bed. Putting my feet...