"Fate intervenes on a rainy drive home."
It was good to get off the M74 after so many hours. I was relieved to reach Glasgow and to know I was close to home. The east-winding road to Edinburgh is one of my favourites; I don't know how...
"Sometimes first impressions can be wrong. Very wrong"
It was the last Friday in August - the day I had been dreading for years. I smiled through my tears as I waved goodbye to my boys as they set off on their journey. Both my sons were off...
"Anne and Ben reconnect"
BenWhen we arrived back at the house, Anne and I said our goodnights and went to our room. Trisha and Tera’s things were still there since there had been no time to move. I figured that they would survive for...
"It took a dream to put the end of forever into words"
Near closing time on a rare, rainless Cornish evening, I wander toward the shop where you work, unable to explain how I got here other than transport by sheer longing. The same compulsion told me where to find you in...
"Two lovers spend a night under the stars"
The clearing:The Mitsubishi Outlander crawled to a slow halt in the Gumtree forest, in sight of a natural clearing large enough to make camp before the rapidly approaching night enveloped the land in its inky darkness. The couple had bickered...
"A spacefaring couple who can't touch experiment with a high-tech alternative."
Charlie: Got switched to the evening patrol today. Would love to spend it looking forward to coming home to you. Come by whenever you like and make yourself comfortable. I promise I’ll make it worth the wait ;) Lacy: No, I’LL...
"It's a Black Day Miracle. You Know Black Day Right? Meh, no problem I explain it here. Also based on true-ish events."
As far as back as I can remember I never liked Valentine’s Day, I can’t remember not dreading it. From elementary school spending an inordinate amount of time writing out those stupid cards, I didn’t want to buy cards to...
"I have a beautiful violin at home, but occasionally, I dream about playing a Stradivarius. Sometimes dreams come true…"
I was so pleased when, after a business trip, the opportunity arose to finally meet you. We quickly agreed to meet in a friendly, relatively upscale restaurant near my hotel. As the weather is really hot, I contacted the restaurant...
"Friendly neighbours allow a shy boy to grow into the woman he always wanted to be."
Christine and Doug were the best neighbours you could wish for. After my rather messy divorce, they were so supportive, checking on me regularly, helping out with various things and inviting me around for the occasional meal. What little confidence...
"Shy guy escapes the friendzone in time for the holidays"
As I held back my unrequited love’s hair while she relieved her troubled stomach all over the icy pavement, I reflected that this wasn’t exactly how I’d hoped to spend my first Christmas in London.The previous year, after months of...