"Sister Falls In Love With Little Brother"
In the kitchen, I unpack the groceries with mechanical precision—coffee beans into the canister, bread on the counter, wine tucked away for later—my mind replaying the scene from the bedroom like a cruel loop. Cyrus's voice, those words meant for...
"Where It All Gets Unmasked"
We left the twins with the sitter (boy and girl, seven, finally asleep after three stories and two glasses of water). The masks were already on when we came downstairs, black lace for me, obsidian for Lucas. The sitter barely...
"Tangled On Christmas"
The wind howled off Lake Michigan that late November night in 1999, whipping snow against the plate-glass windows of the corner convenience store on the edge of the Gold Coast. Inside, the fluorescent lights buzzed faintly, casting a cold glow...
"A Snowy Christmas Eve, forbidden family desire ignites in candlelit warmth."
I never thought the smell of pine and old books could feel so dangerous.Snow was coming down thick that night outside Whispered Pages, our family bookstore on Church Street in Burlington. The flakes drifted past the streetlamps, soft and relentless,...
"Sister falls in love with little brother"
I was on the brink of turning thirty the first time I thought of Cyrus. the first time I knew I loved him, like really loved him, the way you would someone who you wanted to spend forever with. All...