Sam was late for some Tinder match she’d only agreed to meet with as a last ditch effort to get her well-meaning friends to leave her alone. The problem was, Marshmallow, her overstimulated puppy she’d failed to walk that morning, yapped and bolted out the front door. She really should have attended those obedience classes. Still holding the leash, she chased the puppy down the street and into the local park, where he clearly thought she was playing tag. He’d…
“Well, I was at the supermarket, and thought I saw Dad. I recognized the back of his head with that stick up hair, but when I chased him, he vanished. Annoyed, I got in line to check-out when I saw him heading out the door. I figured he’d not spotted me and chased after him, but he got into a waiting taxi and drove off.” “He left?” Deb asked, frowning. “Angry, I came straight home only to find him sleeping…
Dangerous Game They lied about how they met. Strictly speaking, it wasn’t a lie, but it wasn’t the whole truth, either. To know their entire story was a dangerous game to play. The weight of knowing an unbearable burden, a constant reminder of the suffocating net they were entangled in. Few partook, and most were dead. For the rest, it was inevitable their luck would run out. A perilous dance between life and death, forever bound to a fate that seemed…
October, the glorious month of magnificent color changes amongst the foliage, falling leaves, and the slow transformation from a long hot summer to the chill of autumn. Brightly coloured pumpkins, crunchy apples, yeasty donuts, sweet cider, dark nights, morning fogs, and a crisp wind in the air. Being my first year in well over a decade back in the Mountains I’m ready for all of this. Fire pit evenings, star gazing, pumpkin patches, corn mazes, hoodies, hiking, and watching the…