"Some things you don’t move on from. You just find them again"
I wasted about a year of my life after my second long-term cuckolding relationship came to an end. I was more lost than heartbroken. What started off as a decision to take some time for myself ended up being months...
"A man used to being in control learns to wait, and gets rewarded on her terms"
“Not so fast,” she said, putting her hand on my chest, not to push me away but to slow me down.We’d been together for weeks. I thought it was time. She didn’t.“It’s not about time,” she reminded me. “It’s about...
"At nineteen, I thought I’d unlocked a new way to love. Now I see it differently"
I’ve told a version of this story before, about five or six years ago in a series that I ended up having to take down. I’d been a little careless with some people’s privacy, and it caused problems for them...
"A smuggler stranded in the Sahara depends on a nomadic guide to lead him out."
They tell you in flight school that if your plane goes down, you should stick close to it. Between the distress call, the homing beacon, and the way it reflects the sun that can be easily spotted, it’s the safest...
"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...