Category: Short Stories

How to be a Plus-size Fit Model (loosely based on my time working for Reitmans, and the inspiration behind Screenplay Top 10 finalist “The Proverbial Fit” The world of fashion is a cruel one, especially for a Plus-sized Model, which, if you think about it, is somewhat of an oxymoron. Models are usually standing around…

The bailiff shifted nervously and wiped sweat from his forehead, looking like he hadn’t digested a single word of my game plan. Yes, the concrete parking lot was hot and the sun beating down but why does he appear so panicked? Thought these guys got a kick out of serving n’er-do-wells  with legal documents that…

The phone jolted me awake at 2a.m. For normal folk that would mean panic but for me it signaled that my daughter Beth was on her way home and needed someone to open the gate (really need to fix that electronic opener). This also means her boyfriend has not escorted her home so I’m burdened…

We were merely 18 years old but the chemistry was unmistakable and growing more palpable by the second. I’d never felt this way before (only had one lame boyfriend up to that point) and he wouldn’t stop kissing me. To the naked eye, no-one could tell we’d just met three days prior but here we…

Debra wasn’t sure if she just heard her husband right, and the nausea creeping up into her tightened lungs was not helping either. Quebec? That sounds like the French part of Canada but why was he choosing that province to do his Masters when there were a bunch of other Universities closer to Jamaica and,…