Tag: short story

  • Mood Shifters – an Excerpt

    Gera got behind the wheel. They were heading back home after spending a full morning, and eventually noon, at Tina’s. On the passenger’s seat, Meena. She sat quietly. Her eyes moving over her right shoulder as she looked at the colorful trees they drove by. From the moment she left Adam’s room, there was a…

  • Dear Mr. Potential Ex Man

    I knew it as soon as I got in the car. I knew you’d be a friendly chatty guy.  “I’ll call you right back, I’ll call you right back,” you said to whomever was on the phone, hanging up at the speed of light. Then, you greeted me with all smiles and that line. “Tell…

  • One More Night: Lies I Told Myself

    I don’t know how or when it started the first time I told myself these lies, grown so tall it’s hard to find the truth hidden somewhere deep in the twisted roots. One more night, I kept saying. And then it was two…and three… and it seems now too infinite to count. How do I…

  • The Art Teacher Who Couldn’t Draw – Excerpt

    For my short stories, please visit Books Once upon a time, I signed up for a foreign program to become a language teacher assistant. The program would allow me to work and live in Europe. I was hired and, despite some doubts, in the end I said, why the heck not? My role was described…

  • Breaking: Indie Writer Finishes Book

    Available at stores below: Smashwords | Amazon | iBooks One thing every independent author knows is how darn hard it is to go from idea to writing to publishing, all on our own. Whenever any non-writer says, oh I could totally write a book, I have to imagine they’re not aware of all the snags that…