I stood, hands clasped around a mug amid a mid-December winter wind with a warm cup half full of seventeen-year-old dreams tucked inside seventeen-year-old lies. Absent a… Read more “Paralyzed by Indecision”
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A Bible and Calendar Pages
I licked my finger, flipping through pages of a men’s magazine, tucked inside of a Bible, counting calendar pages, avoiding a body bag—at least for today. I… Read more “A Bible and Calendar Pages”
A Persistent Suprise
A key to the cabin Ava has not,from when we broke up,but a gust from the bootof her kick whips through a crackin the back door.Anxiety races beneath my… Read more “A Persistent Suprise”
Light Crush
Even with the dark shadows crawling in the stillness of a summer’s evening, sunshine’s blurred the lines one last time, skin on pale skin in the mustang’s… Read more “Light Crush”
Dusting off Dreams
(Part one) Grandma died last Wednesday. It’s Friday, and I still haven’t changed the black dress I wore to the funeral. I probably smell like a homeless… Read more “Dusting off Dreams”
Her Orgasms Bring Me Home
Away from the grasp of her warmth, this she tells me she wants to do; that I tell her, I’d love it, too. Words we speak through… Read more “Her Orgasms Bring Me Home”
Angie’s Father Found The Tape!
I sink my teeth into my cheek, and slam my eyes shut, thinkin’ about a clip on an edited tape sippin’ on a warm coffee pressin’ the player Goddamned… Read more “Angie’s Father Found The Tape!”
Staring Through Her
A castle she built with cherry wood hides white lies that catch her by a glasshouse with weathered cracks by surprise in the bed of another lover,… Read more “Staring Through Her”
Evicted on Christmas
A forecasted snow-bearing Christmas was three days away. The sun was climbing out of the deep well of winter, but it was still brutally cold. The living… Read more “Evicted on Christmas”
Take Me Home
© 2021 AC) (Erica Orloff edited this short story. All of my short stories on Kindle are professionally edited.) (Wattpad, Amazon Kindle.)
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