Puss In Heels
The lunch crowd rushed along the sidewalk, flowing around Milly as if she were a pebble in a coursing river. She clung to her purse, fixing her chestnut brown hair every time a pedestrian jostled her. The two chopsticks holding her hair up...
Petting Zoo Ch. 01
The squeaky third wheel of the cart screeched in the packed grocery store, pulling the cart hard to the right before Emi pulled it back to the left. She eyed a parked cart sitting beside a display stand of mixed vegetables. It looked newer...
Haunted House Party: Bobbing For Apples
The van swerved suddenly, causing a few shrieks as the six passengers were thrown to the side. Deisha shifted, leaning against the window next to her while adjusting her headphones. She glanced back but saw nothing in the utter darkness...
Petting Zoo Ch. 02
The hardened edge of the car's buckle dug into Janelle's hip as she shifted uncomfortably in her seat. Amber lights flooded the streets while she slowly made her way downtown, passing groups of smokers standing outside bars and restless homeless...
Begging For Attention Ch. 01
Carl stood in the living room behind his wife as she lay sprawled out on the couch. Overdramatic voices yelled on the television from a new show she'd recently started watching. As with the other shows she seemed to watch, all of the...
Slow and Steady
"-again," John said, leaning close to his girlfriend. "Mmmm?" Aliya asked without opening her eyes. "I said you'll be late again if you don't get up," her boyfriend repeated. "'sfine," she mumbled, pulling the blanket over her head. ...
Beast of Burden Ch. 01
The meal was eaten in silence but the barely repressed anger of the host filled the room as one harried servant took the place of many. At the head of the table the host sat on a lowered, cushioned couch, his back utterly straight as he glared at...
Submerged
I can see the whole room from where I'm standing. Subdued pop music plays from hidden speakers as people mill about, talking and laughing and socializing. All while I watch from my little corner, back against the wall. I wish I could...
Milk Stud [TFTG]
"All I'm saying is to give it some more thought," Tyler pleaded with his wife. "You've know I've wanted to do it," Judy answered with a long-suffering sigh. As much as she tried, she couldn't hide the stress from her decision as well as her...
Office Bitch Ch. 04
A tiny amount of the now cold coffee has spilled over the edge of my cup. Dark brown rings surround the bottom of the mug as if created from a caffeinated Spirograph rather than my nervous fiddling. My monitor dims but I push my cordless...
Kawaii
Aaugh. Life returns with pain. Cramps and a headache. It's mostly quiet but I hear some of the guys moving around the frat house. Opening my eyes shows me one of the coffee tables so I must be on the couch. Body feels...
Delayed Gratification
Sabine toyed with the collar dangling from the back of her neck. She reached up, scratching her throat and then around to her nape. It was there, beneath the surface of her skin, as if the beast were clawing her flesh. Sweat poured...