"Derek Caldwell Takes a Step 6"
As I approached Eva’s hall door, I walked with trepidation in every step. I had thought long and hard since the chat with my mother and it was all rolling around in my head as I took the brass knocker...
"With experience, comes wisdom and the highest level of sneakiness"
I’m Annie and I work at Nest Ventures. My email signature says Secretary to The Regional Director, though my official title is Executive Assistant to the Regional Director. This is pompous Americanism which I despise, as I’m just a humble...
"A sizzling online connection ignites into a fearless, high-stakes romance across the miles."
The day of the flight, Chris was a nervous wreck. His tall, broad-shouldered frame paced the length of his small apartment, his short brown hair flecked with gray damp from the sweat of his mounting anxiety. His brown eyes, usually...
"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...
"The night continues for Nora and Olivia."
Chapter 15NoraNora leaned back on her elbows as she sat with her legs draped over the edge of Olivia’s bed. She had lost her underwear somewhere between climbing the stairs to the loft and being pushed down to the impossibly...
"The Trials of Tony Harris - Part 6"
I woke at 4:00. I was in Jules’ bed. Jules’ arm lay across my chest as she slept, her breathing a cute cross between a whisper and a vesper. I remembered that I’d left my phone charging in the car,...
"Nora tells her best friend about her upcoming date and has a sweet conversation with Olivia"
Chapter 11Nora“Hi baby!” Nora squealed in a pitch at least an octave higher than her natural register as she walked through her front door on Tuesday evening, arms full of bags and keys dangling precariously from her fingers. Being the mother...
"A fallen angel fucks his way to redemption"
I let out an enormous yawn and stretched my arms high into the air. Azrael briefly looked up from his book, frowning at my sudden movement, but then returned to his reading. I paid no attention to him as I...
"Julie's date brings her flowers"
Julie sat nervously waiting for her date to arrive. She played with her long dark hair, checking her makeup, adjusting the straps on her green party frock. She hadn’t been on a date for months.Her sister peeked out through the...
"Boy Meets Girl in the Caribbean"
Ahh, Sunday evening at the Road House. They had a reggae/soca band that played from about six pm to nine for regular folks, and then a DJ would come in after that for the kids and the tourists. Zukia, the...