Break From Reality. Daily.
My elbow rests on the polished bartop, head slumped in my hand, as the other swirls my drink with a tiny red straw. I stare dully at the hundred-inch screen above me, showing the weather. It will be sunny and warm all week, every week this summer. I sigh, sitting back as a man drops…
This story is by Lori Paradis and was part of our 2024 Fall Writing Contest. You can find all the writing contest stories here. Despite two years of engagement, Olivia had never imagined marrying Théo. Not really, anyway. He embodied everything she had wanted in a boyfriend as an attractive, wealthy, and perpetually misunderstood struggling artist….
This story is by Lori Paradis and was part of our 2024 Spring Writing Contest. You can find all the writing contest stories here. Lucy stood in her kitchen, bathed in a warm glow of sunlight. She wore a blue checkered apron, her hair swept back in a ponytail as she baked. She measured the ingredients,…
This story is by Lori Paradis and was part of our 2021 Spring Writing Contest. You can find all the writing contest stories here. Dear Readers, I have so much to convey! So wish I was writing this in my blog, and perhaps I will someday, but for now I want to capture as much…
This story is by Lori Paradis and was part of our 2017 Fall Writing Contest. You can find all the writing contest stories here. It wasn’t a perfect relationship, but it was theirs. He was going to love her until her dying breath… They had been in a fight and, like most fights between them,…
