Introvert Stories

Betty slugged me in the arm and laughed. We hadn’t had a customer in a while, the coffee shop always went dead after lunchtime. And our conversation had gone to the place it normally did, sex. “So you struck out again! I keep telling you to watch out for those redheads. They are tricky! Fuck, how long has it been?” I had just regaled her with my trip to the bar last night. How I had spent over a hundred bucks on drinks fo...

Paul leaned back on his chair, looking at the dual monitor display in front of him and ensuring that the correct files were opened for the project. He still couldn't believe it, he had been paired with his high school crush, none other than the cheerleading captain, Annie. He wasn't sure she even knew of his existence prior to the project designation, but it was the opposite for him, he knew all about her from the countle...

Rose Marie Sanders was not someone who you could easily pick out of a crowd. A wallflower in every sense of the word, she never did anything to make herself known or to stand out in any situation. She was terrified of being noticed or drawing attention to herself and so she stayed in the background or shadows at all costs. Rose was raised in a very strict conservative house. Her father was a hard preaching minister who be...

    A few minutes past 10:00 in the evening, Karen walked through the small living room of her one bedroom apartment. As she walked to her kitchen she heard the voice that called her every night. Stopping in the doorway to the kitchen, she looked back at the single chair sitting in front of the small table holding her laptop computer.   “Leave me alone,” she shouted at the empty chair.   Two minutes later she was back in...