The Spicy Life
Short Stories About People and How Their Places Fit Them.
- Rage Filled Desert, Like a Storm in My HeartThere was a dust storm as night fell, only it was more than that. The wind howled and the dust sliced through the cracks in the window frames, but I heard sounds that didn’t belong—a crashing, violent rumble. When the rain came, I opened the door to see. The damage was beyond the strength of… Read more: Rage Filled Desert, Like a Storm in My Heart
- The Young Man Who Lived Across the WaterHe was a handsome young man who worked, doing whatever needed to be done and he loved every minute of it. He was sweeping the deck of the ferry that had just disembarked from Havana when John, his uncle, came running down the stairs from the boardwalk, yelling and waving his arms above his head.… Read more: The Young Man Who Lived Across the Water
- You’re Money Don’t Spend, My Love is Too Good For YouThere’s a boy that makes deliveries for his mother’s shop in Chengdu. It’s not a place to dine-in, but the food is good. He knows the way through town and he has an eye for most kinds of trouble, which is good since he doesn’t always stay out of it. As he made his way,… Read more: You’re Money Don’t Spend, My Love is Too Good For You
- Pissed, Kidnapped and Out of Sorts in DublinConner stepped away from his desk, grabbed his satchel and stuffed a stack of two-hundred ungraded exams into it as he headed for the door. Taking them helped assuage the guilt he felt for not having returned them to the students in a timely manner, but it made the weight of the bag seem so… Read more: Pissed, Kidnapped and Out of Sorts in Dublin
- And Now Destroy Life the River GivesAn F150 towing an old pontoon boat came to a stop on a rundown gravel slipway. There wasn’t anyone around for miles since it was dark and cold. Lizzie backed up until her dad, Victor, called out for her to stop. Victor has days where he’s not his old self but the boat and the… Read more: And Now Destroy Life the River Gives
- Illicit Dining in the Stress Capitol of the WorldThe following note describes a complete lack of professional behavior on my part, and could easily get me fired or worse, but it may be needed in the future to explain why I’ve reversed my decision to fail Mike’s eval, so I’m going to put this in his private casefile and hope for my own… Read more: Illicit Dining in the Stress Capitol of the World
- Anise, the Scent of Unexpected LoveI dumped Raki all over the front of you. Then we spent the whole night together, wandering cobbled streets until we settled against a wall in the tower’s plaza. We talked, huddled together— well, snuggled together with the rest of the bottle. I was in the moment until the next day when we had to… Read more: Anise, the Scent of Unexpected Love