Family ties

Act 1 Little Ione woke up in her bed as the noise from the TV downstairs blared the sounds of a action movie throughout the house. Her face twisted into a frown at the uncaring[…]

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Induction

Induction By Gail Holmes Brenda looked across the table toward Andy, in a way she felt sorry for him, they’d been married now for a little over 40 years remembering the times well. At the[…]

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Redemption

Redemption It was 7:30 on a Monday evening in May. I had just finished my last class of the semester at the community college. At 42, I was going back to school to learn a[…]

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Mowing mr lewis

I never saw myself as the type of girl who was pretty, a girl who turned heads and got boys attention. I guess you could say I was a tomboy, hiding my feminine nature. That's[…]

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Skinned knees

It was Sunday, a full day off from work. That meant I had the whole day to devote to my other job, the one I should have concentrated on years ago. I planned to do[…]

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Betty 2

It had been three days since Betty’s encounter with Bill. The events of their meeting had been on her mind a lot since then. Almost constantly, in fact. And that was her problem. Admitting to[…]

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Wives of africa

Conspicuous by their beauty but more noticeably their colour the four white women sat in the expensive bar of the best hotel in the capital city. All four of them were in their early twenties,[…]

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