The door chime echoed through the opulent tailor shop, its soft ring a stark contrast to the heavy footsteps that followed. Luca stepped inside, his imposing frame filling the entrance. He scanned the room with piercing blue eyes, taking in the dark wood...
As I stepped into my apartment after work, the echoes of the day's events banged around in my mind. Summer's playful banter and actions all morning, and the lunchtime encounter that left me both bewildered and exhilarated—it all swirled in my head like a...
The new LibrarianWord got around so fast from one of our colleagues. There is a new face at our local library. A man of all people. I would think he is a nerd for one, or a women hunter. Would be interesting to find out and also if is really there to jus...
The two weeks that comprised the end of term one holidays in New South Wales, which also included Easter this year, had come and gone so fast. It only seemed like yesterday that I had left the mercurial Clare on what had effectively been the last school d...
“I'm home,” Sherri called out. It was early Saturday, about ten. She had been out for a girl’s night. She heard her husband call out from the kitchen, and she led her guest in to meet him. On the way she was greeted by the scent of breakfast, and her stom...
I arrive home late, really late. I see that the lights around the house are all off except the front porch light. I curse under my breath knowing you are gonna be mad at me. I loosen my tie I walk through the door. I quietly put my keys and wallet on the...
