Just The Beginning

"Thank you to everyone who inspired, guided and encouraged me."

The fresh spring rain made musical splashes against the glass windows of her tiny apartment. The continuous sound and rhythm of the rain created a beautiful melody, slowly calming her nerves. She was brimming with nervous energy, like a constant...

English Girl Rides the Subway

"Doing things she's never dreamed of..."

Holding hands, they left the Center for Performing Arts, and walked towards the subway station. It was snowing lightly, the night crisp and sharp, and Hayley felt giddy, like she wanted to skip, and couldn’t stop smiling. They had just seen the...

What Makes A man?

"Will boarding school make a man out of Dale?"

A few weeks before my seventeenth birthday I found myself attending a new school in grade eleven. I won’t go in to specifics about the events leading up to this occurrence, suffice to say that my dad had caught me...

Siobhan

"A night of remembrance becomes unforgettable."

The funeral was a short and quiet one. My family was gathered together to celebrate the life of my grandmother, and we had all managed to get through the day without our normal fights. We’d all gone to my uncle’s...

Night Divine

"The titie says it all, I believe."

I could hardly wait,tiI I knew you were mine,until we climbed on high,on a night divine.On a night divine,beneath a starry sky,I saw a gentle soul,reflected in your eyes.Reflected in your eyes,I saw what we could be,and that the finest...

Midnight’s Embrace

"A rewrite of one of my first stories. My thanks to Jwren for his excellent editing efforts."

In the darkest hours of a moonless night, she quietly awakens, not stirring, somehow sensing she is no longer alone. Her limpid eyes peer through the veil, searching wearily, hopefully, for he who has visited only in her dreams. Seeing...