Damned Babies
Jessie woke up exactly like a boulder would have. Her eyes cracked open like the doors of a sealed, ancient tomb. The first sight she saw was the red, angry digital clock that read an agonizing 8:49 AM. On a Sunday. She groaned, very long and very...
Going Home
The taxi cab hit heavy turbulence on the bumpy road, jostling Tim in the back seat. He wasn't in any kind of condition to be jostled. Once the drive evened out again, he lazily turned and looked out the window. He landed in Seattle about an hour ago....
The Draft
"Alright, team! Everyone up!" Lucas Harrier grumbled and rolled onto his back, feeling the weight of his belly shift against uncomfortably against his lungs. He'd already been in and out of sleep for that past few hours, but if Coach Pendergrass was...
A Little Slice of Paradise
The security screening was long, extensive, and uncomfortably invasive. Kristina would have only been more unsettled had the security personnel and employees hadn't seemed completely bored out of their skulls the entire time. She hadn't expected to...
Dad With Benefits: Part 1
Hoyt struggled with the shopping cart as he dragged it out of the stack and realized too late that a broken, squeaking wheel was making the job that much more difficult. Behind him, his twin children watched while simultaneously not helping. Jacob was...
Belly Buddies (Part 1)
The waiting room was uncomfortably empty and the air conditioning was turned up too high for that time of year. Even Cora, raised originally in Scotland, was becoming uncomfortable by the cold air. It wasn't the kind she was used to. It felt sterile,...
Empty Basket
Melinda turned off the main highway onto a tiny, one-lane dirt road around two-thirty, knowing in the back of her mind she'd be on it for almost an hour. It was almost more of a foot-path cut through the forests of western Pennsylvania that just...
Early Morning
Holly took morning showers while Daph took them a night. This was the first thing that told Holly the two were perfect for one another. The tall lemur stepped out of the shower, just long enough to wake her up but not so long for the heat to make...
Belly Buddies, Part 2
In what would become a rare occurrence, Daph had arrived at the clinic earlier than Cora. She sat in her usual chair next to the coffee table of magazines, her hat pulled low and her jacket opened. She was slumped over, her back nearly parallel to the...