Tamale Surprise
The dry spell had hit three months.
Stories in Loving Wives tagged old classmates now adults, ranked by how many readers finish them. Reads run 19 to 26 minutes. Writers to know: Sundown Island, Thorn Fable and The Oak Crossing. Readers usually start with “Tamale Surprise” and “The Neighbor in the Window: A Summer of Secrets and Second Chances”. Some are free to read in full; the rest open with a free preview.
The dry spell had hit three months.
*This one came from thinking about how close suburban living can make strangers feel like family.
My name is Janelle Hall, I am sixty-two years old, and I have been married to Kenneth for thirty-eight years.
You'd think a woman who teaches surfing for a living would never feel stale.
Dwayne had never been up a dirt road this rough in his life.
The roastery smelled like burnt sugar and fresh beans when we walked in, and I stood there for a second just breathing it in, because…
The note showed up on a Tuesday, folded twice and stuck under the windshield wiper of my Corolla.
*This one is for anyone who ever wondered what happens when the fantasy meets the oil-stained floor.
The house is too quiet.