"An artist is commissioned to paint a politician's portrait."
She was on the phone. “No, Grace, I am not alone. Lauren Noakes is here. Yes, that’s right, the artist. I’ve commissioned her to do a portrait of me. Let’s call it my vanity project. She’s working really hard.”I’d been...
"Episodes from the lives of two incestuous siblings"
1.A sharp creak echoed through the nocturnal stillness of the house. An old floor betrayed the bare feet passing gently over its wooden slats. With the turn of a glass doorknob, a heavy door swung open for a second, admitted...
"A magical tale of transformation, passion, and debauchery"
The changes wrought within me were subtle but profound. I had been torn asunder and scattered through the void only to be forged anew upon the anvil of creation and the fires of divine power. My heart beat to the...
"Young newlyweds buy into a very interesting neighborhood"
The wooded cul-de-sac sat hidden in a residential area about forty minutes from the city. It was in a middle-class town that urban sprawl was slowly but surely having its way with, and an attractive location for our young couple...
"It was only meant to be a quick stop at the super market..."
She first caught my eye a month ago. I'd been rushing toward the supermarket at the last minute, my mind a maze of ingredients I would need for dinner. I absentmindedly dodged past the other shoppers for an empty cart,...
"Melanie and her grandmother's attraction begin to surface."
Melanie walked down the steps of the stage, having just graduated with dual degrees in Bachelor of Nursing and Bachelor of Health Administration. She was elated, energized and ready to get some food with her proud, beaming family. They stood...
"Would you like to attend The Most Fabulous Halloween Party of All Time?"
Halloween is supposed to be a spooky and scary time of the year, but this is just weird. I work on Halloween stories all through the year as the ideas come to me, and I keep them in a folder...
"I am a masochist, just like mom."
Mom never told me that she was a masochist or my father’s sexual submissive or slave. I just kind of figured it out on my own, over time, from the clues they hid in plain sight. Years later, whenever I...