Trapped Between Fire & Water

"I tried for years to survive in this post-apocalyptic waste of a world, but now I have given up. Left naked and alone, I wait for death to find me, but instead the man with the scar does..."

I am broken.I am naked.Lying on the earth, the dirt claims my body. It is as if Mother Nature is in a rush today, taking ownership of my remains while my lungs still fill with air. For now…What difference does...

Say Please

"A promise made by sin wearing skin: say please, and he’d give me everything I was never supposed to want."

I’d spent the day biting my tongue through workshops on “ethical marketing strategies”. The kind peddled by suits who’d probably covered up three patient deaths before breakfast, then green-lit a stock buyback the moment the quarterly projections looked ripe enough...

Meet Me In Jingle Hell

"Romance, sex, and drama between two jaded professional elves"

You really hurt my feelings, you know. That first time you invited me over to your mom’s house.It was Christmas time. Real Christmas time, not the endless, unnatural jingle hell that you and I live in every day, working for...

Karen Loses Control

"A middle-aged, condescending coworker who is entitled and kind of a bitch is taken back when a young man she usually berates for fun makes a sexual advance while at the office."

Mark put the car in park in his office parking lot, sighed his daily defeated sigh, and then opened his door to begin yet another day of pointless office work. The Tesla driver parked beside him was parked on the...

A Hard Bargain

"Sloane reaches an understanding with her demanding boss."

"Sloane." My boss made my name sound like a reprimand. I looked up from my desk, already dreading his next words. "I need you to work late this evening.""Sir, I can't tonight," I protested."Sure you can." He placed a folder...