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Month: October 2011

Slowing to Park by Chris Martin

Slowing to Park by Chris Martin

Posted on October 26, 2011June 3, 2024 by Every Writer

In her car, on the way to the court house she said, “Maybe I could call Sally. It would be nice to have Sally with me. She wouldn’t tell anyone.”

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Failure is Challengeable by Jerry Olasakinju

Posted on October 12, 2011October 12, 2011 by Every Writer

Failure is Challengeable ?by Jerry Olasakinju A year after his graduation from the University of Lagos in Nigeria, Desmond Adele knew exactly what he was going to do. Unlike his contemporaries who spent much of their limited resources going from one office to another doing interviews with banks, oil and telecommunications companies, looking for cushy…

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Mummy Says by Lee Ann Petropoulos

Posted on October 2, 2011October 3, 2011 by Every Writer

Mummy Says by Lee Ann Petropoulos?   The curtains shivered gently in the breeze.? Sally sat on the stool, staring out the second floor window, as she had done every day since her mother died.? Not a word, not a caress, not a look had she given a single human since that day.? Trays of…

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