"An IRS auditor discovers that the most powerful person in a tech startup isn’t the CEO. It’s the Head Secretary."
Evan Brooks arrived just after eight, which, according to the file, was two hours before anyone else at Clarity Holdings, Inc. usually rolled in, unless there was an espresso giveaway or a new crypto drop. The lobby was tall, glossy,...
"A shy college gamer learns that leveling up doesn’t just happen at the table."
A low mist crept along the ground as the first of the orc raiders breached the wooden gate protecting the settlement. They approached in waves, one after the other, snarling, weapons raised, trampling over garden plots and knocking aside anything...
"A struggling writer learns the cost of letting go."
Detective Mallory looked out across Lake Muskoka, wondering how far away the opposite bank might be. The morning fog hadn’t lifted yet. It sat low over the water, making it hard for him to see the work the recovery team...
"A petty revenge plan for her father’s racism begins with two Haitian guys and a camera."
I’ve had it with Christmas, at least the version where I fly across the country and pretend everything’s fine at my parents’ place. My dad isn’t the man who raised me. Somewhere over the last few years, he drifted from...
"She thought she knew the game at her new job. Then her boss changed the rules."
I knew what the reputation at MacKay-Davenport was when I was hired on. My friend Lindsay told me all about it. The way she put it, we were eye-candy, part of an effort to make our office a place clients...
"A man who can’t forget a dancer he barely knows finally risks everything to see if the connection he imagined was ever real."
I first saw her at my friend’s bachelor party. Strip clubs weren’t my thing, but I went because I felt obligated. I figured I’d show up, have a couple of beers, then claim I had work in the morning and...
"A story about memory, desire, and the places we never really leave."
Ellie pulled the car off what used to be a gravel drive and let the engine idle for a moment before she turned the key. The sudden silence pressed around her like the stillness before a storm — thick, unmoving,...
"The end of an era."
Summer’s flight was scheduled to land at 7 pm, and I was supposed to pick her up at the airport forty-five minutes after that, so I was surprised – for more than one reason – when she walked into our...
In the days that followed my threesome of sorts with Summer and Maddie, I was worried that things would somehow change between Summer and me. They didn’t, and somehow that became the problem - eventually anyway.Summer was getting ready for...
"A call from an old friend reminds me why I started telling my story and encourages me to finish what I started."
The phone ringing near midnight on a Tuesday night is rarely a good thing. My caller ID showed that it was an old friend of mine named Elena. We were close at one point but it had been nearly two...