Browsing Contemporary Stories

In this poem, Hendricks tells the best gift of her childhood: the memory of her MeeMaw Carman's quilts. Said with love and incredible detail, she recaptures the essence of a grandmother's talent and the importance of lasting memories.

After her sister’s death, Cassandra takes in her niece only to realize the child knows far too much… and isn’t nearly as innocent as she seems.

Thoughts on a hard loss

A shelter dog named Ziggy is signed out for what he thinks is a simple “first date” outing with a volunteer—but for her, the day quietly marks the anniversary of the moment she first promised herself she’d come back for him. Through a long year of visits, walks, and patience, their bond is already formed long before Ziggy understands the significance of leaving the shelter gates behind. When the outing becomes an adoption, Ziggy navigates new experiences—a car ride, sunlit pumpkin patches, curious resident cats—and wakes the next morning to discover the thing he’s been waiting for all along: someone who stays. Tender, funny, and rooted in shelter reality, the story explores how love often begins before either side realizes it, and how sometimes what feels like a first date is really the celebration of a promise already kept.

Four years after a snowstorm stole her future, Tess sits in a quiet waiting room, heart racing. When the doors finally open, the love of her life walks toward her—perfect in every way, except one.

A man nursing a private tragedy meets a flamboyant women who has overcome her own.

It's always something when it involves Troy and Jade.

Who does not know Christmas Carol By Charles Dickens? One of my favorite writers and books. With Christmas just around the corner, and the November Challenge: "She kissed him goodnight, knowing he wouldn't remember her tomorrow", I took the risk to expand on Dickens' story and to once more to unchain YOUR hearts, this time in the FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION. Ready to revolutionize YOUR hearts with the new version of Christmas Carol?

This short story is about a middle aged couple who are reluctantly accepting the fallout of their marriage breaking up.

A short story telling the heartbreak of a young woman during a heatwave