Fiction, Poetry, Letters, & Other Creative Musings
How We Got To Happily Ever After I stayed in bed, curled into the fetal position, and waited for the nausea to pass. It was usually only bad for a few hours in the morning. For the past few weeks, Jay had been getting Kierra up and ready for first grade. He would let me... Continue Reading →
How We Reconnected The sunshine came through the windows of my family’s ice cream shop. It was my grandmother’s favorite time of the day. She loved how bright the shop got. The only problem was that the brightness hurt my eyes. I didn’t want to take away from her joy and close the blinds. The... Continue Reading →
(These are characters from my Scott-Williams Family Series. Find this series here.) How We Met I was standing with my friends, enjoying the music from the band that was warming up the crowd for the festival. Anissa turned to me and spoke directly in my ear. “That guitar player hasn’t taken his eyes off you.”... Continue Reading →
This is a quick visit with a past couple. Want to meet them first? Check them out in Sweet Turtleberry Jam - Volume Two. I opened my eyes and stared at the ceiling. I had just woken up from the same dream I had been having off and on for a few weeks. In the... Continue Reading →
I participated in this short story challenge. Here is my "completed" short story. Untitled I walked into the lunchroom and headed straight to the balcony. There was no point in paying attention to the women pretending their tables were full and the men trying to clear a space for me. That had been... Continue Reading →
My legs burned. I rubbed the rippled indentations on my calves. There was nothing soft or plush about this floor. It was more like a Brillo pad rather than a teddy bear. This wasn’t anything new to me. Too numerous were the times I had rolled around on this floor with Angel, almost rubbed my... Continue Reading →
Inside the Shell 