Category: Free Books & Short Stories

  • [Short Story] New Year Resolution

    In the middle of our brunch date, Yvonne asked me to go with her to a New Year’s Eve party. She told me she had two tickets to some event called Lights On. I laughed nervously, thinking about ringing in the new year alongside Yvonne and a couple hundred strangers.    “I can’t think of the…

  • Hotel Room

    “You’re quiet,” Corey asked, as I followed her down the fourth-floor hallway to her room. I just couldn’t believe how much could go wrong in just a couple of hours. First the airline lost my luggage and then we arrived to the hotel to find my reservation had been canceled. It was as if it…

  • First Taste

      My smile widened, reading the card attached to the flowers. Something to make you feel better. My heart fluttered with excitement. No one had ever done anything as thoughtful as having flowers delivered to my job before.  By my co-workers expressions, I could tell they were equally impressed. Sarah tapped me, “Crack open this…

  • How Do You Know – Part Two

    How Do You Know – Part Two

    A few weeks later, I asked Sahara if she wanted to accompany to lady’s night at Club 69, the hottest gay club. I was happy she invited her usual crew because I wanted the opportunity to mingle without her being a cock block with a bunch of straight girl questions.  “Is Keke coming out,” I…

  • How Do You Know – Part One

    How Do You Know – Part One

    “How do you know…or I guess how did you figure out that you liked women,” Sahara asked.  I gave her the side eye. She made an assumptive comment a few days ago about her not expecting me to be a lesbian because of the way I looked and I let that slide. Now we were…

  • 2 Wrongs

    My heart stopped, seeing her arms wrapped around another woman. I always wondered how I might react to finding Jayla cheating. I often joked with friends that I would cut a bitch, but always suspected my sadness would outweigh the anger of being betrayed.