"She's making a list. He's checking it twice."
"Thank you so much!" Hanna said with a smile as her Uber driver arrived at her destination. She pulled up the app on her phone to give him a five-star rating and a decent tip. With it being the day...
"After months of romantic tension, two people finally fall into each other's arms after a party."
"Aw, are you sad that you didn't get enough of my attention tonight?" I muse as we stand outside my apartment. You laugh and shake your head."I wasn't going to put it that way but... yes." I meet your eyes...
"True story of love recovery"
After the heartbreaking end of my short lusty dalliance with Joy, I was in love recovery mode. I was still going to the pub and enjoying my disco life again, even getting an occasional snog from a girl I'd been...
"Valerie finds out they are going to the cabin"
Valerie beat Jeff to the coffee pot. She went into the bedroom to give Jeff his cup, but he wasn’t there. Then she heard the shower door shut. She had just missed sneaking into the shower with him. She opened...
"True story of growing confidence"
Joy and I woke up on a cold Sunday morning after we had enjoyed the hottest Saturday night! I had to escort her downstairs to my luxurious (!) bathroom and, immediately, I was worried that my living conditions might be...
"Jeff and Valerie begin the holiday decorations, but find time to enjoy thier love."
Valerie called off work the next day she wanted to spend time with Jeff. She was very happy with their Christmas plans.“Jeff let’s get our tree and ornaments today. We can move the table by the window and put our...
"Janet and David decide to have a little Saturday morning fun and get a surprise."
Thomas and Tessa had been dating and fucking for about a month. On the Saturday before Thanksgiving, we were at the kitchen table chatting about the similarities and differences between their relationship and ours when we were in high school.“I...
"Under the firelight, under the brush, her hair / Spread out in fiery points / Glowed into words, then would be savagely still. (T. S. Eliot)"
The spirits are departed. Wind pulls final desiccated leaves, clutching, scrabbling from their roost to litter the frozen riverbank. Turbulent waters drift dark and insistent toward the abandoned flatlands to the south. Under scrutiny, the icy hedges bear no witness...
"Sometimes the right things happen when it all goes wrong"
Maryland – December 21st, 1996Haley’s heart races while she paces, the phone ringing in her ear. She stops when she hears the line pick up.“Hello?”Her relief is obvious. “Chasley,” she replies, a hand to her brow. “It’s Haley.”Chase looks out...
"Wifey wants to play games"
Suburbia – Friday EveningMandy slows down as she arrives at the condo houses lining both sides of the street. She drives around back, a single strip of pavement serving as a driveway for multiple houses. Parking in her garage, she...