Category: Romance

Kerosene lanterns emit just enough light to see the servers bustling around the dining room and the old photographs hanging on the wall. The waiters and waitresses are dressed in outfits that mimic the old west. The hushed voices of our fellow diners softly hum in a steady buzz.

Jason Whitefeather pumped his legs harder as the sweat across his chest started running down in rivulets. A few more thrusts. “Don’t let this go”, he thought, “milk it to the last drop”. His last thrust pushed him over the edge and he finally felt the pressure on his thighs let up. He knew this old bicycle would be a […]

If you were a college football fan in the 1970s you might remember me if I used my real name, so I’ll go by Mark in this story. When I walked into a bar in a middle-sized Texas town, I had just one agenda: to get blind drunk. If that happened to be a down payment on drinking myself to […]

Despite not getting to bed until late and having a restless sleep, Saoirse woke up early on Saturday morning in Neil’s bed. She lay in the quiet, listening to the Summer birdsong outside. Neil lay sleeping on his stomach beside her, his arms bent at the elbows, his hands under the pillow and his head turned towards her. Saoirse watched […]

Patrina Collins strode through the halls of the student union with purpose. Her hair, normally tied in a bun, was let loose on this warm spring afternoon, and it bounced wildly with every determined step she took. Even though it was loose, her hair still managed to frame her face, which wouldn’t look out of place on any fashion magazine. […]

Friday night and I’m the most boring guy out there. Well, if I was out there. The bar scene is not appealing to me, and the night strolls down the city sidewalk has me standing out like a sore thumb.

“You take her. We’ve all taken our turn with her,” Andy said in frustration. “Why in the hell can’t she find another tour company? This is her third trip with us. You’d think she would find someone else,” Carl offered. I watched as Bridget struggled to get a life vest on in preparation for boarding the flat-bottomed boat and gave […]

He arrived at our door unannounced just before we sat down to supper. My father peered out the front window, then grew pale with apprehension. “It’s him!” he hissed at me and my two sisters. Immediately we knew who our father meant, and I hurried to set another place at the table for our unexpected guest.

The waiting area outside the cruise terminal was abuzz with bright new outfits and happy chatter. It was enough to make even the most reserved introvert start to feel a bit of excitement. I was standing with Jack and Ciara, two regulars of the social group. Jack was tall and rugged, something to do with landscaping; Ciara tall and willowy, […]

“Dad, you will thank me for this,” Dan McLennan reached across the dinner table and scooped up his father’s cell phone and began installing an app. “You aren’t using a new ghost account, are you?” “Dan, I told you I’m happy, healthy, and don’t need to ‘Get back out there,’” said Ryan McLennan looking helplessly at his phone, knowing that […]