Roll in the leaves

Rachel sighed and looked up at the clock for the 100th time since she sat down. Why she had decided to take night classes after working a full day? She glanced down at her notebook[…]

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My sister and me

Five years ago seems like a long time when it is looked at retrospectively, but in reality it's not that long ago. Since then my sister and i have grown apart and we rarely speak,[…]

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Sleeping

Merrdith came home around 11pm after anchoring the 10pm news show. All I remembered was falling asleep to the smell of Merrdith's shampoo still lingering in her hair long after she showered. At 2am a[…]

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Caring for tommy

Caring for Tommy My name is Sarah and I am caring for my neighbor’s little boy Tommy, while she is in hospital having an operation, and I am trying to get him ready for school.[…]

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The raven

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary. I was reading through old classic favorites of mine. I was alone in my library. I had to keep pushing my long, cherry red[…]

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Forbidden desires part 7

Kimiko Hashitani sat on her couch, dressed in a cream-colored satin teddy, with a matching robe over it, sipping a margarita. As she had done repeatedly during the past twenty-four hours, she went over her[…]

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