(a poem) For a season? he’d said. Meeting her gaze, holding it this time. For a season. I won’t trap you in forever. For a season, his words twinkled like chocolate stars, his face was the first she saw in the morning, his words the last she heard at night. For a season, she struggled beneath him.Open your eyes, he’d… Continue reading For a Season
Tag: romance
In a Year
June 2022 Flash Challenge, Day 15 “I need to know,” she says, “where do you see us a year from now?” He stops stirring the risotto. He had made this for her enough times that she knows you have to keep stirring it. She nudges him to the side, hands him his wineglass, and takes… Continue reading In a Year
Biryani
June 2022 Challenge, Day 8 I finally took the advice I’d been giving others for years. Start slow. Be friends before dating. Don’t rush into a sexual relationship before you even know if you like the other person. The friendship thing worked well. For about two months, but then our chemistry was undeniable. We were… Continue reading Biryani
Shrinking
Flash Fiction Challenge 100 – Day 47 “Excuse me, but do you have these in a larger size?” I don’t know why I’m asking; I already know they don’t. And I knew this day was coming. The salesperson takes the box of shoe lifts from me. She studies the back of the box; she’s just… Continue reading Shrinking
Stories by Shawn 