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Businesswoman Chapter 188
Those moments where she could see her daughter gave her great satisfaction. Loreen Breen neé Brampton and her mother Lucy sat at the Mercier Hotel. Miss Brampton had lived her seventy six years of life in relative comfort. She possessed high cheekbones that looked taut and knocked off years. Through dying her hair, even more years fell away. She wore a navy blue blouse and a white skirt. Loreen donned a raspberry pant suit and a matching pill hat that looked like a dollop of white cream.
By Skyler Saunders7 months ago in Chapters
I Lost My Writing Mojo - the Story
I wrote a poem last month, indicating that I had lost my writing mojo. I Think I've Lost My Mojo!: I am pleased to report that it is back, at least partially. It was quite confronting for me for a week or so. I sat down, looked at my list of a hundred or more potential titles, and failed to get past "Go" with any of them.
By Calvin London7 months ago in Writers
Burning the Pages of the Book of Life. Honorable Mention in You Were Never Really Here Challenge. Content Warning.
Shortly after dark, early November, 2023. Al-Nasr Children's hospital, Northern Gaza. Explosions sound off in the distance. But the family in the delivery room is used to this sound. They are not comfortable with the sound, but sometimes they forget it is there. This sound has already killed five thousand of their people, over the last month. But this sound— this constant sound, this lethal sound— can slip into the peripheries despite its severity.
By Sam Spinelli7 months ago in Fiction
Lila and The Talisman of Ultimate Authority
When I was little, I thought that the past was in black and white. The world depicted in old movies seemed no less lively than the one I lived in, but was devoid of the vibrancy which I took for granted. Whenever the TV was tuned to some classic film or historical news footage, I’d wonder what it was like for people living in that drab place, and pity the incompleteness of their existence.
By J. Otis Haas7 months ago in Fiction
Letting Go
My head rests on my pillow, my heart rests in your eyes. You are so beautiful, I can’t believe you ever chose me. Your brown eyes glisten with a form of magic. I can’t explain it, but whenever you look at me, I feel seen. I feel safe, like I’ve finally found my home. You’re the first woman I’ve ever felt comfortable maintaining eye contact with. With you, it feels… right? That’s why it hurts.
By Simon George7 months ago in Fiction
Madame - A Movie Review
Did you find your ending? Madame arrived in theaters in 2017. When they are short one visitor, a rich couple uses their maid as a makeshift guest to avoid an unlucky table of thirteen. The evening goes as planned, but a love story must be stopped when an aristocrat falls in love with the maid.
By Marielle Sabbag7 months ago in Geeks
