Detective Erica Vargas wore her gender like a uniform. She looked at the younger woman across the table. The faint gulp told as much as the perky yellow sweater with bright greek letters. Vargas's favorite tell was the makeup marred from a night in a cell. Detective Vargas judged the younger woman exhausted, in over her head, desperate, and tired. "Sarah?"...
Calleigh Norton has a problem. That is- if you consider it a problem she just found out that she is a fertility goddess as well as that six gorgeous gods are chasing her, each wanting to be her husband for all of ETERNITY. Calleigh Norton was the normal, run-of-the-mill college student. She had just gotten her bachelor's degree in English, and was coming ho...
Earth Gatineau Park Dungeon August 12, 2019 17:42 EDT We all looked to Sonja and she shrugged, causing us to all burst in uncontrollable laughter. It was probably the adrenaline wearing off. The rest of us stood up and walked over to the chest. I opened it up to see what loot was in store for us. "You would figure such a large chest would have more stuf...
After getting screamed at for leaving the toilet seat up your energy is at an all time low, you've just been getting abuse from everyone in the house just for your existence and you can't really take it anymore. You dont know when having to work from home will end but it has been weeks already and there is no end in sight. Frustrated you start browsing the w...
I didn't always know what I am. But I always knew I was different from the people I lived amongst. I grew up in an orphanage, an outcast by outcasts. Then when I was in junior high I was adopted by kind parents, but even they did not quite know what to do with me. I often woke in the night from nightmares I could never remember, and sometimes in the midst of...
Rob and I are identical twins, we share most everything together and since we launched our home décor/design company when we were just eighteen things have been going knots the past four years And we manage to keep away from the pangs of recession by getting new contracts from the rich with whom we have gained a good service and reliability reputation. So...
Tom guessed he wasn't acting very professional, but he had finally decided to cash in on a few perks of the job. Hell, he'd been working security at the premier shopping mall in the city for six years now and what did he have to show for it? Officially his title was Security Foreman, but since the cutbacks at the mall, he was now in charge of exactly two peo...
God, another aisle of Midwestern, north woods, "gone fishin'" kitsch. Stanton harbored a roiling caldron of irritation for pulling off the interstate. The billboards boasted the best antiques in the state, but the tiny, central Wisconsin town offered a meager two shops. While it felt good to stretch his legs, the promising detour appeared to be a waste of ti...
Usha's Story Chapter 2 - Cider Club Usha expanded on her earlier description of the honeymoon to her best friend Ruth Archer, but this time included what had transpired in the bedroom during the holiday. Ruth looked stunned. "Well, don't look at me so disapprovingly," Usha said to Ruth, "you have hardly been faithful." "I'm not judging you - it's jus...
Author's Note: This is part of a series of short stories. They are written very quickly and are not edited. They are also VERY weird and are not for everyone. You have been warned. ***** I couldn't help but sigh as I waddled awkwardly through the crowded mall. Everyone around me turned to stare at me, though the object of their ostentatious curiosity was h...