Category: Short Stories
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[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…
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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…
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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…
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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.