Shudders of Envy

Shudders of Envy

She didn’t want to know his name. It was important that I did, but anything more than that would move it from one thing to another. It was a ledge she wanted to sit on, and if there were too many things to hold onto, the excitement would vanish with the fear. He was...
A Horrible Chaperone

A Horrible Chaperone

Mr. B. was sleeping next to us in the tent for exactly this reason. We were quiet, but no matter how hard we tried we couldn’t keep our hands off each other and we definitely couldn’t fall asleep. They had forced us to sleep in separate sleeping bags, put a teacherin...
A Blind Test

A Blind Test

“If I was blindfolded, do you think I could tell you apart?” “Tell us apart how?” he asked as we leaned in closer. She blushed a bit and mumbled something.  She took a drink and looked back and forth as if we should know what it was she meant to say. We asked her...