Few Problems Are Bears
"The trick is to see people as they are. Not how they project themselves, or how you see them."
Leeron Heywood
Buying Shares In Our Future
"Dear friend, you have me all wrong! I’m not selling paltry investments! No, I’m selling shares in FUTURES!”
A Foster Boyfriend
"It was never gonna be forever, but… it was beautiful."
An Ounce Of Doubt And Reciprocity
Sam set the money down. A crooked smile curving her lips. “I *knew* you were under-charging me last time. First hit is cheap, eh?”
Truly Welcome In The Empty Nest
Mattie hugged their best friend tight and forced a smile. Settling into a new home was never easy, but...
Halfway To A Saint
Susan folded her arms and scrutinised the kindly, somewhat doddering figure. Not at ALL what she’d expected from descriptions of Anna the Devoted.
The Heartbeat Of The Club
I stomp until the memories of this hard week beg for mercy beneath my feet. I sway until the clinging sadness gives up and falls away. I punch the air until my frustration is splattered across the ceiling like invisible neon paint.
A Perfectly Normal Approach
It’s nothing. I mean, it’s perfectly normal to mess around and experiment with your avatars, right? Especially when you always end up having a dozen characters in each game you play. That’s just… everyone does that. It’s NORMAL.
The "Free Hugs" Pipe
The sign was dingy. Scribbled on cardboard, jammed onto some long-abandoned nail, reading “FREE HUGS!” with an arrow pointing to the big drainage pipe.
Gifted To The Forest
“Sophie, dear, what’s wrong?” Forest Mother asked, her beady eyes squinting as dozens of mandibles shifted and clicked into a shape resembling a reassuring smile.