The concept of love is really just a Chimera.Filling the mind and soul with unnerving terror.The Argonauts sailed looking for treasuretheir leader finally taking his pleasure.But what of Colchis's poor Medea All Jason said to her was, " See ya."Most know...

Hawk – Chapter 17

"Thom and Elizabeth discover something secretly hidden by her first husband."

The sisters had been talking in the kitchen for thirty minutes when Elizabeth began wondering what had become of her husband. “Excuse me, Maggie. I need to go see what’s keeping Tommy.”Entering their bedroom, Elizabeth saw that it was empty....

Ebony And Agony

"An interracial love affair in the 60's south as told by 70-year-old woman in flashback"

I sat in the comfort of my home, reflecting on the turbulent aftermath of George Floyd's murder as well as the unending quarantine. The looting bothered me, but I understood the rage. I understood as well as any seventy-year-old white woman...

The Bomb Shelter Virgin

"Can love conquer in a war torn city?"

The Bomb Shelter Virgin Christmas Eve 1941, Kyiv (Kiev) Russia.Natalya was busying herself peeling vegetables for Christmas day by candlelight. She had not long returned from Christmas Eve mass at the church, the deep cold still in her bones.Dressed in her...

Passing My College History Class

"I needed to pass my college history class in the worst way . .."

I am eighteen and a college freshman and finals are coming up. I am not doing well in my history class, and I am super stressed. I heard through a rumor mill, that the professor will up a grade of...

Taking ‘Bout My Generation

"An elderly woman recalls sex, drugs and R&Road at Woodstock on its 50th anniversary"

"It was fifty years ago today." I paraphrase them, but the Beatles weren't at Woodstock. But I was. A spry, music-loving eighteen-year-old from Western Kentucky. Even my hippy parents wanted to go, but being elderly and in their forties (how...

The Bottom of the Barrel

"What was hiding in the trapdoor is not what she expected."

The trapdoor creaked open with the heavy resistance you would expect of a door long hidden. Jenna peered down into the dark room below. The smell of dust and stale air rose up to meet her, laced with something a...