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 “They should’ve stayed together!” her son shouted, as the film’s credits scrolled down the TV screen.  It was a rainy afternoon when Jean and her son settled down in their family room to watch a movie. The rain cancelled her son’s sports event and Jean cherished this gift of…

It was like a dark shadow. It was like a dark shadow passing through her not over her. She tried to grasp the words to describe this shadow of emotion but the words escaped her mind. What was she feeling? Sorrow? Fear? Dread? Ruth couldn’t describe what this feeling…

Curious, she thought. Something was wrong. It should be done already. Becky was making a dessert for a friend’s birthday. The oven was set at the right temperature and the timer was set for the right baking time but the dessert wasn’t done. She added five minutes which brought…

This story begins with two chairs. Their former residence was a formal living room where they flanked two windows dressed in white plantation shutters that filtered light from the home’s southern exposure. Their residence was also located in a zip code where a criterion of its resident’s status was…

This morning was about good coffee and good company. Grace and her three friends met at their favorite coffee shop and headed for a corner table to shelter them from the morning’s customer rush. Grace’s friends were as unique as the coffee beverages listed on the white board behind…