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Replay

Replay

We were standing up on the balcony at Globe, Charlottetown’s latest attempt at something resembling a nightclub, watching the shenanigans below. Laura was pointing things out to me from …

Mother Love

Mother Love

The mother gazed at her helpless newborn and tried to keep her tears from falling on his tiny head.  Her husband stopped on his way to work, kissed her …

Nighttime Penguins

Nighttime Penguins

At nighttime, we felt the penguins come in.  They padded down the hallway and filled all our dreams.  Too many people lived in our tiny apartment: me, my husband, …

I Won the Bronze Medal

I Won the Bronze Medal

I used to love to drink coffee. I could punch trees. Now coffee makes me too nervous. Sometimes there is too much coffee in the decaf coffee. Karl does …

Adios, Ramon Gonzales

Adios, Ramon Gonzales

The crosses that marked the train crossing at the top of my street might have been white at one time.  They might have been straight, too, and unscarred, but …

Missing the Next Inch

Missing the Next Inch

On day three thousand five hundred and six of their marriage, he was thinking of what it might be like to run off to Vegas with a lesbian pool …

Ship

Ship

He won’t let me call him Danny any more. He’s turned into a man at twelve, his eyes old and tired.

Some kids and even adults call him “Dan …

Mammoth

Mammoth

Lucy kept growing, sprouting through her bedroom and out the roof. Mr. Snuggles fell through a crack in the floor and disappeared far below her. The oak tree on …

Sofianne

Sofianne

Sofianne was making a mental list of ways to break up with Alexander when he proposed to her.  The waiter hovered over them, smiling, then disappeared as soon as …

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ULTIMATELUVKRUSH28.COM

I got an email the other day, and the subject informed me that someone had a crush on me (someone I know – it was very specific about that …