Category: Reluctance

______Bob spent most of his life worrying if people liked him or not. He wasn’t good with girls. He didn’t make friends easily. He wasn’t particularly smart or good looking. Not that he was stupid and ugly. He was just sort of… average. ______Then one day he met a guy who was just a rampaging asshole. He was aggressive. If […]

My name is Constable Ann Lennon, I am a ten year veteran of the RCMP, Royal Canadian Mounted Police. I work in Surrey, which is one of the largest municipalities inside greater Vancouver, one that is very ethnically diverse and crime ridden. I spent the first few years on the force as a street constable, then got pulled into working […]

How swiftly do the days fly when you have a baby to take care of! I wish I could have written sooner but your grandson has been quite the demanding little calf. He just has that determined glint in his eyes that I find all too familiar. I’ve seen that same look on your face so often as a child […]

The latest message from that nice man you’ve been chatting with: Here are your instructions: – From now on you will always sleep naked. – You will leave your front door unlocked when you go to sleep. – You will answer this message with a message detailing your full name, and your address. One night I will come to your […]

Frank got home latter than expected. He gave his boss some excuse of a flat tire. Even though his shift manager was a total bitch to him, outside of her they got along great. It was like she had two different personalities, one for work, and then the real her. He had actually thought she might be into him but […]

Sunlight sprawls out over the grey-white beach, coating each grain in a pearl-like sheen. The rest is less poetic. Burnt necks and spoilt fruit are commonplace in the Spanish market, and the boiling sun provides little cover. My skin has darkened two shades already. Maman will not be pleased. I find refuge under the stall of a merchant, a gently […]

I was just getting home from closing at the coffee shop and was beat. It was 2 a.m. we had to stay late because someone was passed out from doing heroin in the bathroom. My shift lead had been occupied with that and waiting for the police to show up, whilst my other coworker had to leave at 10:00 because […]

I’m not sure why I pulled my rented blood red economy car off the highway in a fateful decision to explore the small town of Sunnyside. Maybe it was because I was ahead of schedule in my drive back to my university from visiting a friend in a neighboring state or perhaps it was because I had heard so many […]

It was a common hope that when a youth turned 20, they would become one of the Chosen. It was uncommon, exceedingly uncommon now, for one of the Chosen to be uncovered. Still, the poor and lowborn prayed for it, families put all they had into an especially gifted child in the hopes that they would be revealed as Chosen […]

James yanked the blindfold off Sofia and threw her face up onto the bed. After fighting him all the way from the bar, being blindfolded, bound, and gagged, Sofia barely had the strength to struggle. He undid the rope around her wrists with sharp tugs. She tried to push him off, but he effortlessly grabbed her wrists and pinned them […]