Allen

"i accidentally bumped into a former student!"

I first came to know him in my class.  He was then a shy and reserved kid.  He was a young lad at 12.Ten years passed.  As has always been, I forget almost all the students who sat on my...

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Two more months.She sank into the old leather couch.  Soothing piano notes floated from her little speaker onto the stale air’s unclaimed molecules, lifting the dim house’s oppression.  Turning, she brushed back the flimsy curtains to let the light in, only to notice goopy bodies...

Of Love and Lush

"A true tale of unexpected love"

Wine is seldom appreciated by those unacclimated to its taste. The complexity of its flavor overwhelms the palate, causing its layered subtleties to be lost on those unaccustomed to the vintage. Thus it is, that despite songs and poems being...

The Valentine Eve

"She took advantage of her best friend's understanding"

 Saint Valentine’s Day has many misconceptions and murky history.  V day is an age-old event where people express their love for those who loved, romanced and were turning point in life. This is a popular event in the western world....

Yellowknife (Narrative 3)

"A new roommate proves to be full of surprises."

Our marriage of convenience broke up in Yellowknife.We’d been together for about three years. She was Swiss-French, and I was English-Canadian.Meeting in Indonesia, we’d travelled together for two years, overland through Asia to Europe. Then a year in Switzerland working...

Tofino (Narrative 2)

"Two new lovers journey to the edge"

Margot worked as a sous-chef in a restaurant owned by friends of mine.We’d crossed paths a few times, but nothing of consequence had ever happened between us. From a distance, I had taken note of her extraordinary pale gray eyes, and...

Santiago (Narrative 1)

"A visit to a Santiago bordello has unexpected consequences."

It was the late nineties. I was twenty-two and had just arrived back in Santiago after six very long months in southern Chile.Hired by a Canadian forestry company, I’d been managing a large timber survey about as far south in Patagonia as...