grab and go
Claire sat alone at the bar, finishing her drink and doodling on a cocktail napkin. Monae, in typical fashion, had swung in, ordered a drink, and within minutes had rushed off to tend to her husband and a diaper crisis at home. Just as well, Claire stood to leave when something across the room stole... Continue Reading →
When the memo went out for volunteers, I jumped at the chance to escape my cubicle and get off the phones for a few hours. Imagine my joy when I lucked out as one of four judges for the eighth annual Vita Life office chili cookoff. It was customer service appreciation week, and the yacht... Continue Reading →
The headlights sweep across the well-groomed lawns of two-story houses as I get the car turned around at the end of the street. I mute the radio, my two hulking passengers giggling like preschoolers. I’m about to shush them when, over near the mailbox, the bushes wiggle. Zaye leans forward from the back seat. “There... Continue Reading →
Lunch Break Fiction 