Boiling

I made another big mistake last week. I was in Walmart – they have stores in China now – when I was seduced by the girl holding the instant kettle. She might have been Southeast Asian and had flawless brown skin and long, glossy hair. Her smiling face with its dark, sensuous eyes was a … Read more

I Never Regretted You

“Come back, please! I promise it-” Hot tears pool in my eyes, but I wouldn’t let a single one fall. An iron fist clutches my throat; a knife is thrust in my chest … or rather my back. I would not hear another word from that man’s mouth. I would not. That man … I … Read more

Fate

Jace and Allison, their story is the one you tell your kid to sleep, the one you’d make a movie about.   They met in their sophomore year. When he accidentally ran into her-   ,, Oh my God, I’m so… sorry”- when he looked up at her, he felt something, something in his heart … Read more

Along Comes Avery

I had been retired from the Air Force going on four years now and did not expect to find my life where it was currently at – still unemployed. On the other hand, since I retired, and had lot of free time, I ramped up my physical fitness. It became a religion to me. A … Read more

LePrince

CW: Grief and tragic accidental death.   To be a beautiful extraordinary person in love, that is one of life’s greatest gilded lies. So many fail, but those who succeed are truly worse off. I chose a life of joy and heartbreak and scars. Many years ago I never understood that to be young was … Read more