Month: September 2021

You’ve got to go through with it, Susan thought, as she gazed at the young man. Just to see his boyish smile made her spirits lift. It had the effect of breaking down her resolve not to cross the busy street and join the throng of holidaymakers, and locals, that crowded the promenade and cafés close to the fishing harbour […]

The morning sun streamed in through the small gap of the curtains straight onto the bed, and uncannily pierced through Philippa’s eyes as she roused from the lingering dream. She did not want to open them, she wanted to finish her dream, so vividly etched in her awakening consciousness. Her arm swept the covering sheet off her body, sighing, she […]

Julia woke up very early that morning after her 20th birthday party, and spent a fabulous night at a party surrounded by her family and was very happy about it. She jumped out of bed and went to the bathroom to take a shower, she had to hurry because of a test she had to take at 7:00 am and […]

I can’t believe the weekend is finally here. I have been looking forward to this little solo camping weekend for about two months, ever since my boyfriend Steve made plans to visit his parents. It’s not that I wasn’t invited, but more of a family reunion kinda thing, and besides, the idea of a little camping all by my self […]

“Fiona was mercifully single again, shorn of a loveless marriage and a husband who never really appreciated her. She breathed freer these days, making her own way, succeeding professionally and concentrating on herself.” That much had been true once and it would be true again, at least for tonight according to the notecard in my hand. I kept reading, remembering […]

“My name is Christina Joan Ramirez, and for the record, I’m a gold star lesbian. or at least I thought I was,” I said with a giggle and a hair flip. At five feet tall, with my Afro-Latina curls, I could often talk my way out of a bad situation. After all, I was just a kid. I know it […]

Cathy had a hard time telling exactly just how much time had passed since she was placed in that dingy, cold and sterile cell. It could have been half an hour, it could’ve been half a day. She had no means of determining anything, which in hindsight was sort of the point of jail. She had no phone; it had […]

I became rather notorious in my neighborhood the summer after graduating high school. My small hometown had two things in it. Very few girls my age and more husbands than you could count that were workaholics. The first of course was very frustrating to a young man on the loose with his own car and no curfew. I’d only gotten […]

While soaking in a hotel hot tub a women joined us, this short story is not exactly erotic but it relates to the next short story. We struck up a conversation as we were the only three people in the spa pool area. We were maybe a month into dating, a young couple in our late twenties. Her name, the […]

I noticed the baby bump on my stomach when the zipper of my wedding dress wouldn’t close, I knew I could kiss my bright future goodbye. I remember the words of my future father in law all too well, “Bachelor parties are supposed to be for men. The bride has her wedding.” I had shrugged it off but inside I […]