This is a flash story about a woman who realizes that impressive size might not be all that should be taken into consideration. Is there a road back to what she left behind? ******** "How was your lunch, Emily?" There was something not quite right about his voice, about the smile frozen on his face. With a few exceptions, I had been with this man almost ev...
"They're talking about us, they're mocking us in Arabic," Yolanda Aoun said softly, her head down as she spoke. The young Lebanese-Canadian woman stood in line at the box office at the Scotiabank Movie Theater in Gloucester, Ontario, accompanied by her lover Marcus Jefferson Dixon. Normally calm, cool and collected, the towering, Chicago-born brother bristle...
He isn't yours. You aren't his. She repeats the mantra over and over, until her mind begins to recall the words without summoning them to the forefront. She holds her breath for a moment, lungs burning for air, but denying herself the sweet rush of oxygen into her body. She knows the feeling all too well. She chokes out a sob, finally letting cool air int...
"Get the fuck out of my way, bozo," I said cheerfully to the security guard standing at the entrance of Wal-Mart as I took off. The dude surprised the hell out of me by actually getting out of the way. Thus I made off with the three watches I snagged from the jewelry section. I cut a mad dash through the parking lot, and caught the OC Transpo bus. Once insid...
So engrossed was he in his work he barely realised that he'd stayed past the time he'd earlier planned on. His intention had been to go through the meagre paperwork in his IN-tray for at least an hour before calling it a day and heading back for home. He would have kept working had Lami, his secretary, not knocked at his door and poked her head into his offi...
Spare time was an awful thing sometimes. Cara used to like the days she spent while her husband was at work. She would clean, cook, do laundry, read, shop, and just be content. Now, though, the idle time drove her insane it seemed. It gave her too much time to think. She wasn't thinking about her husband, Jared. He was too boring for her to waste any time...
My wife Julie and I decided to take a well deserved vacation to the Caribbean. After some research we decided on Jamaica. I went online to look at the different resorts, as we were looking for some privacy. I found a small exclusive resort called GoldenEye. It was expensive but very private. I searched online at work and printed a bunch of articles on the re...
Besides being a take-off from the great stories "Letters to Mother" by LKWRITER, the following letters from a different daughter to a different mom also draws on the inspiration of CDE. Dear Mom, Thanks for all the advice on eating for two and taking my vitamins and stuff, Mom. You are also sooo right. Knowing your lover has put his little bastard in you...
(In which Beth strips in public and finds that she enjoys exhibitionism) Beth tried to back off from the relationship because of my coming departure and she succeeded in keeping it on a platonic level after our Christmas idyll. I respected her feelings and didn't do anything to reignite our affair. Adele in her way helped by insisting that I come home right...
It was almost ten when I finally made it to the club. I'd spent the last hour and a half flipping through channels on the t.v., debating on going. A co-worker had invited me. I'd run into Carla, one of my junior reps at the agency I was working for, in the elevator as we were both leaving for the day. For the sake of small talk, I asked what her plans were...