Cold – Part One

"Internet fame was her escape plan. Antarctica wasn’t. But down there, what numbed her wasn’t the cold—it was seeing her own hurt in someone else."

Ivy Murrow watched the world through her iPhone lens, the same way she’d learned to watch everything over the past few years—arm’s length, slightly filtered, always recording. The Solstice VI dipped lazily in the ocean slush while the crew moved...

The Gift – Part 6

"Every Gift giver should receive a special Gift in return, it is only fair, maybe even two."

After breakfast, I didn't know what to do. I wondered what Case was going to do to Ted and Sandi. With Ted moving to California, he would have a harder time, but Sandi was here, so Case had easy access...

The Office Intern – Part Three

"If wishes were horses, beggars would ride - Scottish proverb"

When I first decided to tell the story of ‘The Office Intern’, I had hoped the truth would have provided some freedom from the misery which ensued after Lisa started her senior year of high school.  Admittedly, recalling that summer,...

No teenage boy deserves to see his girlfriend of less than a week getting backshots from her jock ex under the school’s bleachers. Unfortunately, everyone doesn’t get what they deserve.This tone wasn’t foreign to Cal and Michelle’s relationship. Teary-eyed, he...