Month: August 2021

We snake our way through the racks of clothing. We’re both smiling. It’s one thirty in the afternoon on a Tuesday and the Men’s Department of this Sears is pretty much deserted. “They aren’t going to fit.” I call over my shoulder, referring to the pair of ‘skinny jeans’ I have in my hand. You are about three steps behind. […]

Drew was angry after his sister-in-law, Arya, turned him down. He was sick to his stomach for weeks. For the first few days after Arya turned down Drew, he was annoyed and unbelieving. And confused. “That idiot isn’t thinking straight. Or she was tired. She’ll find me tomorrow.”

At the east Skagerrak coastline, west of Sweden and south of Norway, the busy intersection between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, the Atlantic lures in the distance, but far off enough to make this vast bay feel like a universe of it’s own. Land meets the sea, not with wide stretched playas or majestic hills, but with ragged […]

As you get into your car and head home you didn’t notice that I was in the backseat waiting for you. We are driving down the open highway before you notice a movement in the backseat you are watching in your rear view mirror to see who is there before you pull over to the side of the road. When […]

Ma Reilly was pushing sixty and although wealthy still worked the early morning shift at Ma Reilly’s Diner simply because she’d always worked the morning shift for the past thirty-nine years, including the last twenty-three years as owner of the business.

I awake to soft knocking at my front door. Sighing, I sit up and stretch out a yawn. If they can come knock at my door at 2:30 in the morning, then I have every right to take my time and they can wait. Besides, who the hell would be stopping past my place at 2:30 AM? It could only […]

There we were walking through the woods, the wind catching our laughter and carrying it away. The late evening autumn sky streaked with all the shades of red and orange; filling us with a warm cozy feeling. Arm in arm there’s no need for words between us, as we step into the cabin we had rented for our rendezvous.

“Nick, I hope you know I love you with all my heart. No one can change that. I was dumb for never seeing how much you care about me, and how much you need me.” That was all that Angie said, that was all she needed to say to make my heart melt. I put my hands on her sides […]

My name is Deepak but like Shakespeare once said, what’s in a name? Like everyone else I have my share of dreams as well, but none bigger than to become a multimillionaire one day. You might think that I am greedy, but tell me who isn’t? Anyway the real reason behind my dream has got nothing to do with money […]

I stood looking out the window at the night sky, my mind swirling with thoughts of you. Remembering our conversations, the sound of your voice, they all dance thru my memory. I close my eyes and see your image etched deep into my soul. I feel your hands on my shoulders, pulling me back into the security of your body. […]