"Friends help fix a broken heart..."
I’m warm, safe. She’s next to me, hugging one of my arms around her shoulder like a blanket. I draw in a breath of her scent and… “Sal?” I ask, allowing the smallest possible amount of light through my eyelids,...
"Donna and Suzi grow closer"
Suzi went back in and started sorting some stock, she waited for the police and an explanation of what the hell was happening! What she was really waiting for was quitting time. The clock seemed to move at half speed.She...
"Life abruptly changes when a homeless veteran stumbles upon a group of female survivalists."
"That should do it. Time check," Belinda wiped sweat from her brow with her t-shirt as she braced her entrenching tool against the entrance of the newly constructed "bunker-in-a-bag." Unless you were part Mountain Goat, the winding ridgeline trail was the...
"Donna discovers her Ex's other life"
Donna was having a frustrating day! Three clients made noises about moving to a new firm, a failed bid to take over PR work for a new client, and a call from the IRS about her ex-husband. "What a messed-up...
"Life abruptly changes when a homeless veteran stumbles upon a group of female survivalists."
"Thank you, what’s the deal?" I asked as I took the offered towel from Sheila’s hands and fluff-dried my thinning mane. Hair loss among men is a myth. It’s not so much that our locks leave as that they change...
"A first date becomes deeply erotic (and life-changing) for two struggling young women"
The noise is a kind of sensual assault that leaves me feeling buzzed and giddy. The large space is jammed with people, hundreds at least, possibly more than a thousand. Most of them are young guys with pretty faces and...
"In late Elizabethan England, the poet John Donne is poised to make a life-changing choice..."
He thought he’d be in love before, but he was quite wrong. He knew that now.Donne leant against a stone pillar in the shadows of the Great Hall, glass of wine in hand, apparently laconically surveying the elaborately masked dancers...
"Emma helps Donald confront his nightmare"
It is after two o’clock when Donald wakes. He slept so well that when he arises, the heartache of yesterday has diminished. But then he sees that Emma is not there and a new terror runs through him for a...
"Donald explains his dream to Emma and how it effected him"
Donald’s tears stop by the time they get back to the house. He is a little embarrassed that he had shown his emotions and cried in front of Emma, but she is acting so kind and understanding right now. He...
"Emma and Donald experience a very different day, one never to be repeated."
Donald and Emma go to bed early Friday night. Between the amazing events of today and wanting her to be fresh and well-rested for tomorrow, Donald gives her a sleeping pill to take and puts the mask over her eyes...