Tag: illustration

  • Trouble in Paradise

    Trouble in Paradise

    Stories We Tell A Fictional Series It’s not necessarily a good thing when the people you love think too highly of you. Dizzy always did, but that kind of changed the night of the spin the bottle game – when I broke down and told her that I had just as many fears as she…

  • A Visual Story

    A Visual Story

    Today’s Word of the Day Challenge was Timeless. Besides the fact that I wanted to take a break from the story – I thought that the best way to sum up the word was with an image. I’ve been super tempted to get my camera out lately, but there’s just no scenery here in my…

  • Winning

    Winning

    Stories We Tell A Fictional Series My parents were practically flawless, but they experienced some really rough years, financially, just after I finished high school.  My father was sick and tired of trying to climb the corporate ladder. He worked his ass off, but was always overlooked when it came time for promotions – due…

  • Coolest Chick Ever

    Coolest Chick Ever

    Stories We Tell A Fictional Series I’ll never forget the first time I fell in love. I’d known her for what seemed like forever, but I’d never really noticed her. Not that way. Levi was cute, don’t get me wrong, but she was my baby sister’s best friend and she was like a part of…

  • My First Kiss

    My First Kiss

    Stories We Tell A Fictional Series I’d love to say that my first kiss was breathtaking – the birth of a wildly romantic affair, ignited by a passionate kiss under a luminous midnight sky, but that would be a lie. The truth is, my first real kiss was conceived in a game of spin the…

  • The Rescue

    The Rescue

    The Tale of Ms. Maddie: The Final Chapter While I admit that the beginning of our investigation into Ms. Maddie’s disappearance was bungled, it’s important to add that we were able to solve the case, and rescue Ms. Maddie, which imparts to us some form of redemption. Livia, the foul mouthed gymnast, was quickly ruled…