Today’s piece was inspired by the song Sweet Serendipity by Lee DeWyze. Thank you thesarahdogherty for the introduction and the creative inspiration. She walked into HubBub and joined the long queue to wait for her daily coffee. She liked it iced with lots of almond milk and just enough sugar to take the edge off the bitterness. … Continue reading Sweet Serendipity
I try to focus on what the professor is saying. But it is 4:15 pm and the classroom is warm and she is in class. My attention keeps wandering up a row and two desks over to where she sits. She has the most beautiful hands. Square, strong, long-fingered. I am enthralled with how … Continue reading Caught Looking
Heart of the Storm can best be described as Lord of the Rings meets Pride and Prejudice fan fiction. . . Legolas Greenleaf, Prince of Mirkwood, had been making slow but steady progress from Mirkwood to Lothlorien. If pressed, Legolas would have had to admit that he had not been in any real hurry to … Continue reading Heart of the Storm – Chapter Two
I have a fondness for fan fiction and back in the early 2000's I even tried my hand at writing Lord of the Rings fanfiction. More accurately, I might describe Heart of the Storm as Lord of the Rings meets Pride and Prejudice. These pieces have never really seen the light of day outside of … Continue reading Heart of the Storm – Chapter One
I wake in a nest of pillows and blankets that smell of fresh straw and heather, blood and sex. Way too much light is coming in for this to be my city apartment, with its blackout shades and heavy curtains. I must be in my crash pad, the shell of a crumbling church a couple … Continue reading Hangover
The sheets with tiny pink rosebuds, incongruously innocent, are tangled beneath us. Your lips travel slowly down from my earlobe to my neck, marking your territory. You stop at my collarbone; nipping it gently with your teeth before lifting your head to look at me. Our shirts are lost somewhere on the floor, my bra … Continue reading Fire
Brave & Reckless 