Fiction

Joan; My 16-Year Old Cougar

That’s what happened

Dirt

It is like a howling hurricane. Its winds tear at me with barbed fingers. They rip my costume to ruins and my defenses swirl away into the unknown…

Wedding Socks

“It’s our anniversary sweetheart! 32 years, can you believe it? What a milestone! I never thought we would get here. I know we usually…

Moments in Time: The Check-Out Lane

The cashier scans each item, creating a small stack on the other end of the counter before…

Decisions

Panic. It starts slowly. A zip of electricity running down a certain neural pathway. A zing and a buzz racing along another. A quiver of a…

Need

The reek of the seedy hotel room clung to me. Shame made my cheeks burn as I hurried away from the flickering vacancy sign, my shoes slapping the pavement rhythmically, creating a cadence for my heart to follow. I wrapped the thin covering of my jacket around myself with shaking hands and, as the tears threatened…

Eye Contact

I had friends, all that.

Seizure

The bear’s throaty roar echoed through the forest, shattering the icy stillness and giving his…