fiction Superpowers... fiction She was trying very hard not to lose her shit. She knew it wouldn't be fair to the two people in front of her in line, they weren't really the problem. Okay, they were part of the problem, but they were just the latest manifestation
fiction History Lesson... fiction She had read the story when she was a young teenager. It had been in a book that was meant to make history seem more exciting to rebellious souls. Later she found it in other books. Generally, about badass women throughout history. Which in a way made her happy,
fiction A Quick Chat... fiction The message had been set to expire within hours not days. She guessed you either saw it or you didn't and that was just the way of things. Nobody had been referred to by name, or even common nicknames. She had been added to the group chat
fiction Cleaning Services (2)... fiction Cleaning Services Deborah sat on the couch with a large glass of wine next to her. Grief was creeping around the edges of her day. She knew it would happen. There was no way to comfort a friend who had lost a parent without remembering your own loss. She
fiction Cleaning Services... fiction Deborah stood at Sarah's door and paused before knocking. She gathered her thoughts, getting her own emotions under control before taking on what was waiting for her on the other side. She raised her fist to knock and the door opened before she had a chance. "
fiction Perfection... fiction If you pulled up images of strawberries on the internet this would be the gold standard. The most strawberry of strawberries to have ever strawberried. The shape was perfection. That full rounded pyramid. The size was impressive. It was two inches tall with a full solid base. It was
fiction Smile... fiction "Let me look at it." "It's fine. Really. I've had worse." Dani sighed, "I know you've had worse. But at least let me look at it. Did they break anything?" Audrey gave a small half smile with
fiction HOA fiction Just some quick housekeeping, I noticed that in the email the tag doesn't post at the top like it does on the site. So I'll be adding a note if it's fiction so those of you that don't care for my
fiction Messages... The message came through with just a phone number. No name attached from her contacts. She would have liked to tell herself she didn't know who it was from. That the number wasn't familiar to her. But that would be a lie. She had erased his
fiction Honestly, Though... She stood at the nurses' station waiting for them to notice her. She could have said something but she was content to eavesdrop for a moment instead. She was in no real rush to see what she knew was waiting for her. "She reached out and put her
fiction When You're Right, You Write... Okay, let's start with the explanation. I've had this woman saying this line in my head for a week. It spun off of a funny exchange Brent and I had. I've tried to figure out what scene or story she belongs in but haven&
fiction The Future Mrs. Peters... "Cynthia, how many restraining orders did you..." "Objection. Assumes facts not in evidence." "Your honor, to present our case we must be allowed to bring in evidence from before. That is the entirety of our complaint." "I will allow it. For now. Objection
fiction Supplication... The Old Gods Before Legend had it that ambrosia was the food of the gods. But it was actually Deadre's chocolate chip cookies. What? You thought that Toll House invented those? Gift from the gods. Literally. Today she held a plate of freshly created cookies and went in
fiction Before... In the beginning (the true beginning, not the one you've probably heard about) In the beginning there were a lot of gods. Which makes sense when you think about it. A lot needed to be done. It's not easy to create something and when you are
fiction The Old Gods... Deadre played cards with her sisters. She was a very good card player. The problem was so were her sisters. It wasn't surprising considering they had been playing cards with each other for thousands and thousands of years. There wasn't much else to do. When they
fiction Warranty Work... "We've been trying to reach you about your extended warranty..." click She hung up the phone. She'd gotten so many of these calls lately. Her phone number must have been sold to a whole new collection of scammers. It always seemed to come in
fiction Quite the Character He did not have main character energy. He knew that about himself. He didn't even have wacky side kick energy. The most he thought he could muster was concerned bystander. But even that was probably a stretch. He was more the background of the background. The people you
fiction Charmed, I'm Sure... Angelica answered the door. "Serena, what a surprise, please do come in." Serena crossed the threshold carefully. "Can I get you anything? Some tea? I have cookies in the oven that are almost done. You have impeccable timing." Serena stayed by the door. "There is
fiction Special People... (I know I don't normally do this but I'm giving you a content warning. Every once in awhile I go back to my fist love and write a horror piece. It's what I thought I wanted to write when I was much younger and
fiction Dreams... I dreamt of you last night. It wasn't anything special. Nothing unusual, more accurately. We were kids. I think it was supposed to be the time we set up the lemonade stand. Do you remember that? When we realized that most kids weren't allowed to walk
fiction The Affair... The affair started when I was 35 years old. I can tell you all of the reasons why it happened. I was feeling unappreciated at home. I was feeling unattractive in a body that had changed from giving birth multiple times. I was lonely in a house full of people.
fiction They Say... They say that Pandora was too curious and couldn’t do as Zeus told her and that’s why she opened the box unleashing all the world’s evils. They say that Eve was fooled by the serpent and that’s why she disobeyed God and ate the apple. They
fiction The Not Bright Knight 2... The Not Bright Knight Part One It was a full three-day journey to get to the thicket of thorns. Though he could smell the roses on day two. That’s how many roses there were. How thickly they had grown around the old castle. At the end of day two
fiction The Not Bright Knight... Everyone said he wasn’t very smart. Well not everyone, his mother always said that it wasn’t that he wasn’t smart, it was that he saw the world differently. But honestly, that was probably just a mother’s way of saying he wasn’t very smart. But he
fiction Time After Time... She crept closer to the crazy man on the corner. He was in the middle of a fiery speech. Not a lot of people were listening. Just a small handful. But they were listening closely. She could see reflected in their eyes what was to come. The power he would