June Exclusive tale | "Therapy" | Part 2
It’s the rain, drumming persistently that wakes Lola up.
She didn’t have the baby dream. She feels calm and relaxed.
She stretches – the crib is long enough to mo...
2023-06-21 22:24:21 +0000 UTC View Post
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Poll results - July 'wedding/divorce' ideas
Here are our July tales to look forward to. Thank you Helpers for a bumper selection of excellent ideas this month!
- The only thing he and his fiance didn't accoun... 2023-06-20 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
June Exclusive tale | "Therapy" | Part 1
Better Path Counseling
Austin, Texas
The July air is thick with the promise of storms. The humidity clings to Lola’s skin, weighing her down. It is a reli...
2023-06-19 15:15:46 +0000 UTC View PostJuly "wedding/marriage" poll #1
Thank you Helpers for 15 ideas!
3 polls, 1 vote for each poll. Let's see what we come up with, everyone!
July Flash tale #2 - "Wide Awake"
It happens at night. It happens after lunch. It even happens right now on the drive along Spring Street. They’re on their way to have lunch with the Davidson’s, who have two kids of their own.<...
2023-06-12 19:50:12 +0000 UTC View PostJune Flash (double-length) #1 - "Bubble Brain"
Ngatea, New Zealand
February
Daniel has the nightmare again. He wakes up in a cold sweat, but he’s warm and wet around his groin.
“No,” he whispers. He pul...
2023-06-02 13:40:28 +0000 UTC View PostPoll results - June 'dream' ideas
Here are our June tales to look forward to. We had a tie for 2nd place, but then I received a bribe...I mean, then I made an executive decision. Ahem! 😊 Thank you Helpers f...
2023-05-31 13:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostMay Exclusive - "Hum" - Part 4
He wakes up in the darkness and feels a dull confusion. Where is he? When is he? And then, helped by the whirring drone of the hotel room’s A/C, he remembers.
And he hears a voice....
2023-05-30 20:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostMay Exclusive - "Hum" - Part 3
Forty minutes later, Charlie steers Bella back into their hotel room. He marches her over to the bed and sits her down.
“That’s enough.”
Bella hitches and gulps. Her wet hair is p...
2023-05-30 20:35:11 +0000 UTC View PostMay Exclusive - "Hum" - Part 2
Hampton Inn and Suites East Mesa
Bella is back. Bella is a handful. Bella is something e...
2023-05-29 17:29:37 +0000 UTC View PostMay Exclusive - "Hum" - Part 1
Mesa, Arizona
11:15 AM
98 degrees
... 2023-05-28 16:40:05 +0000 UTC View Post
June stories poll
Thank you Helpers for these dreamy ideas!
Keeping it simple for the 8-idea...
2023-05-17 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostMay Flash #2 - "Dum"
Nashua, New Hampshire
Friday
Hannah opens the front door of her single-story home. She makes me wait first, obviously, but she finally opens the door.
May Flash #1 - "Tum"
Ngatea
What can I say about Shane? You know how it goes; some new teachers are nervous and some are over-confident. Shane belongs firmly in the second camp.
“This is a specia...
2023-05-12 16:37:49 +0000 UTC View PostApril Exclusive - "Lief" - Part 3
I wake up in the dark. I wake up wet. I wake up alone.
I cry out. A high-pitched wail. It’s all that I’ve got.
In a matter of seconds, there’s the woman from last night. There...
2023-04-30 15:52:40 +0000 UTC View PostApril Exclusive - "Lief" - Part 2
“Shoot. Sorry. I’m making a mess of this.”
“You’re fine. I’m the one who made the mess.”
In truth, we’re both terrible at this.
I went first, peeing and pooping ...
2023-04-28 21:01:25 +0000 UTC View PostApril Exclusive - "Lief" - Part 1
When I wake up, I have the mother of all headaches.
When I wake up, I’m a baby.
I don’t scream. I don’t faint. I’m just amazed. It’s impossible. It must be a drea...
2023-04-27 23:11:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Poll results - May 'Phones/Bets/Music' ideas
Here are our May tales to look forward to. Thank you Helpers for excellent ideas!
- A man finally finds his regressed girlfriend and plays their song to jog her mem... 2023-04-24 14:59:49 +0000 UTC View Post
April Flash Tale #2 | "Belief"
St Mary’s Church
Hendon, Northwest London
Ralph picks a quiet time to drop off the toys. He doesn’t want to make it a big deal. In and out. I...
2023-04-22 16:30:55 +0000 UTC View PostMay Flash tale #1 - "Relief"
Ngatea, New Zealand
When it happens, it is everything.
It doesn’t feel like everything. It just feels like a relief.
After her arrival in Ngatea, Valerie playe...
2023-04-16 19:11:43 +0000 UTC View PostMay tales poll # 1
It's voting time! 3 polls for the May tales, with the ideas arranged into a trio of delectable selection boxes. Thank you special helpers for 12 excellent ideas! 🥇
Please...
March Exclusive - "Choosing" - Part 3
Don’t push her, the counselor said. Don’t force her. Just let it happen. You are the guide.
I see the look on Emma’s face. Her I-call-bullshitexpression. 2023-03-31 18:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
March Exclusive - "Choosing" - Part 2
Last night Emma stayed over. Ostensibly to talk about our plans for the next couple months. A summer of service, where we do good deeds around Blowing Rock - back and forth to Food Lion fetching gr...
2023-03-31 12:33:36 +0000 UTC View PostMarch Exclusive Tale - "Choosing" - Part 1
One
Blowing Rock, North Carolina
Emma and I graduated high school yesterday. And you know the kinds of cards you get, hopefully with some cash or a gift card inside?
You’r...
2023-03-29 09:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post