Between The Mangroves

"A nature hike turns into much, much more…"

"Holy fuck, it's hot today."Kayla held her palm to her forehead, wiping away sweat and pausing on the sandy trail. Tall palm trees shot up all around her, as the piercing Florida summer sun pushed through their thin branches and...

The Customer Comes First

"Sometimes when I think I've seen it all in my job, suburbia throws a curveball."

Another address. Another slice of suburban life beyond the doorbell. Border hedges. F-Type parked in the sweeping driveway to the stone steps on which I'd placed the shopping crate.Shuffling from foot to foot, idly toeing stones from the path back...

Flaming Angels Of Spring

"A woman's body encapsulates his wayward eye that seeks an elusive love."

Flaming angels of spring weave a pastoral tapestryO’er the sleepless, meadowed minds,Entreating the burning softness of summer;Freedom, resurrected in its breath,When warmly winds lick the searching facesInhaled ‘neath the rapture of its tongue.Passion seasons fruit for its victims,Nestled in pain...

Hot & Cold

"Is it hot in here, or is it just me... and you?"

It's almost unbearably hot. All the windows are open yet no cooling breeze dares to enter the sunlit hotel room. The only thing the beads of moisture on your naked skin can pick up is the slight movement of air...