Candice · Martin · An optimistic outlook
In the time of stone and wood, when you and I walked through shady forests surrounded by the scent of roasting ptarmi...
Candace wants all her glasses to look half-full, but Martin can't stop complaining. He's tried to keep his mouth shut...
"You stink," said Martin. "I do?" said Candice. "Yes. You smell like eggs and old V8 and goose turds and a garbage ...
This dream was better than waking.
This dream was better than waking. In it, his father took him fishing at Lake Oconee. They spent hours in their boat,...
This dream was better than waking. I was slim. Looked beautiful in the ivory vintage silk dress Mama had worn herself...
The dream was better than waking. I floated, all the past troubles seeming to dissipate before my very eyes. Luke was...
I couldn't sleep with her next to me.
I woke up in the middle of the night to be covered in sweat. I sat up and looked around my room to find nothing. I sl...
I couldn't sleep with her next to me. And the funniest thing is, I'd been waiting for this moment for three years. ...
I couldn't sleep with her next to me. So cold. Her skin. I had to pretend she was still alive. There was no way that ...
The lamp wouldn't turn on.
It was dark inside. I toggled the switch, and nothing happened. Shit. Thunder rolled and I sighed. Power outage. ...
The lamp wouldn't turn on. I was going to have to help deliver a baby in pitch darkness. With the elevator stuck betw...
The lamp wouldn't turn on. "Shit," Mel muttered. "Jerry!" Of course, he wouldn't come. He was in the tiny bathr...