The following is a stand-alone short story, a prelude to the official rewrite of my upcoming novel Fly Girl. Feel free to follow along with the full novel on Wattpad. __________________________ Timothy Mercier could only smile as he peered through the crack his youngest left in her bedroom door, opening it as quietly…
I flew. Woke up in the sky with the hopes of Seeing you flying by. Thought I’d lift the window to catch a glimpse, Thought we’d have a chance to play among the clouds and skip. Thought the sun would shine on a crooked smile, Thought your arms would stretch open with each passing mile.…
The following is the intro to a novel I’ve just begun, writing only in hopes of healing and working through my own grief. If you enjoy, you’ll be able to read along as I share new chapters on Wattpad. _______________ Grief is such a strange emotion; brings about an array of thoughts, feelings,…
We were beneath the tree beside our house. Me in my little pink corvette, you in your yellow prowler. We were talking big smack, passing licks and clowning around. Racing each other up and down the street until the sun went down. Then you stood, and you smiled. Your hands rose, you began…
PREVIOUSLY : Finding Faith (A Novella) – Intro PREVIOUSLY : Finding Faith (A Novella) – Part 1 _______ Part 2 : No Fight Left/Letting Go _______ There seemed to be a breakthrough. The sun seemed to shine a bit more with Lena in Faith’s corner. She’d found her desire to get up and…
So, I’ve finally reminded myself that I’ve been doing a little too much playing around. And by ‘playing around’, I mean not putting my talent to use. Doubting myself entirely too much. And just being plain old LAZY. I’ve been telling myself that I have to stop using these sad and depressed moods of mine…
Cynthia’s patience grew thin as time ticked away. Checking her watch, she exhaled sharply before looking around the busy platform of the bus station where she waited. She’d taken off work early, a cut in her hours that she couldn’t afford, and ask she expected the majority of her time was being wasted. “Why did…
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