Woody in the woods

The pool party was still raging on as the afternoon settled into an unforgivable fit of heat. Slip ‘n Slides were strewn out here and there down the hill, the pool, although heavily used, was[…]

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Unsure

Unsure It was such a warm night, a little humid but not too sticky in the house. Still her room was far too warm, Kendra Evans thought. She had already stripped down to nothing but[…]

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Lauren's audition

Lauren’s Audition Lauren stopped outside the office door. She looked at the brass plate ‘MCM Movies. Casting Office. Orson Carte Director.’ but could not bring herself to go in. She had butterflies in her tummy.[…]

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Student painter

My husband and I have a fairly good marriage. After nearly a decade together, we still didn't have any children though. We've been through all the testing. After eliminating anything on my end as the[…]

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The plan

I locked eyes with her across the dance floor. It had to be her- caramel colored skin, red dress, dark hair, check, check, and check. She towered over the rest of the dancers, had to[…]

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Mrs. reed

Beep, beep, beep. I awoke to the worst sound in the world, my alarm telling me to get up and get ready for another day in hell. I turned off my alarm and got up[…]

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The neighbours

Thinking back, it wasn't that cold, was it? I'd scraped the frost off the inside of the front window and saw the tall, slender woman struggling with the box. She was moving in next door.[…]

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