"To join the dance is to discover your inner being"
It began as a simplyas a midnight danceI dancedmy moonlight danceand let the music lead me...I released my inner joysthrough graceful movementsand noticed that you are holding your breath.Breathe dear,Let go and really enjoy the dance.I am happy because the...
"Angie and her son Zac find their way home for good"
Angie Prescott glanced in the rearview mirror as she drove her minivan along the interstate toward her hometown. She smiled to see her seventeen-year-old son Zach sleeping on the bench seat where, not half an hour ago, she and he...
"A taste to whet their appetites before the Halloween feast"
The month sped by, and I found myself fully immersed in work again throughout October.An unplanned trip back to the States, and the additional preparations that required, meant that my weekends were taken up, and I had to disappoint Cait...
"Adjusting to our new normal"
Beth and I were distant for the next few weeks. Not in a cool, uncaring way, but still giving each other more space than we had before. That was difficult at times; she couldn’t drive, and it was possible she’d...
"A woman makes a move before her husband does"
Yadira couldn't resist looking up from her phone. It wasn't so much that she didn't want to, it was that she understood why her husband couldn't resist either. Their babysitter, Tania, was nineteen with a petite body and a deliciously...
"A hated wife's coma becomes a chrysalis for a new life"
“I’m sorry, but we just don’t know.”That phrase, and its myriad variations, was one I’d heard a lot in the past three months. That’s how long Liz had been in her coma. She was driving home late from her office,...
"Celebrate Halloween with a bewitching encounter that blurs the line between desire and mystery."
On a moonlit Halloween night, Niarah, dressed as a slutty witch, ventured trick-or-treating through a ghostly-decorated neighborhood. As she approached a charming cottage, a stranger invited her in for a trick-or-treat. Inside, the stranger offered her a pumpkin candy. Niarah...
"Good thing she brought a blanket …"
We sample sweet, juicy Honeycrisps in the sun.She races me through the corn maze.Sun setting, we savor grilled brats and hot cider.Wandering the pumpkin patch hand in hand, we munch freshly dipped apples. She catches a caramel drip, playfully licking...
"Lisa and Alan make the most of a rare chance to spend the night together"
Lisa Evans looked gorgeous as she sang with the praise band in church on Sunday night. She was dressed quite modestly in just a simple skirt and blouse. It was appropriate attire for a pastor’s daughter singing in church but...
"Marcie tries to get David to notice her"
Marcie carved a smiling jack o’lantern and lit the special candle as the old woman had instructed. She was desperate to get David to notice her. Soon after placing the pumpkin in her window, heavy, strange scents overwhelmed her with...