"The Maid of Honor's Threesome"
As the sisters stood next to each other, Jenny DiMaria couldn’t have seemed any more different than her sister Lauren. Lauren, the bride, was tall, athletically built, with silky olive skin. Jenny, the maid-of-honor, was short, blonde, with a thick...
"“You belong to me. You are mine. I belong to you. I am yours.”"
Walking into the house, I drop the keys into the dish, by the door, a little louder than characteristic. She walks in behind me, obviously uneasy. I close the door, lock it, and head to the kitchen. Pouring myself a...
"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...
