I originally wrote Just a Ghost on November 17th, 2019. It popped up in my memories on social media recently, and I thought readers might be intrigued to read one of the very first stories I wrote. Here you go: I wake her up at night, not meaning to. I just want to spend aContinue reading “Just a Ghost”
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New Year’s Stew
I wrote this on January 1st, 2024. I originally titled it “Happy New Year,” but changed it to “New Year’s Stew” because it’s different, and I like different. A nameless woman, sad and alone on New Year’s, came to my head, and this is how she felt. Did you kiss a girl at midnight?You neverContinue reading “New Year’s Stew”
Cheap Vacations
Blurb: The first book I ever wrote was meant as a joke. Well, it was supposed to be, anyway. I wrote this story about the girls who teased me in grade school. Everyone knows that kind. I wrote about how they called me fat, ugly, and made fun of the one time I tried toContinue reading “Cheap Vacations”
A look at ππππ£π© ππ₯π‘ππ©π©ππ§ππ ππππ§ππ§π€π₯π¨
π¨π§Next up, ππππ£π© ππ₯π‘ππ©π©ππ§ππ ππππ§ππ§π€π₯π¨ by T.M. Shivener π½ππ πππ πππππππππ πππ πππππ ππ ππππ.The Tillmans have tried to mend theirs after a tragic accident led to the passing of their only child, but it seems they may end up calling it quits after all. For Landry Tillman, being intimate with his wife has becomeContinue reading “A look at ππππ£π© ππ₯π‘ππ©π©ππ§ππ ππππ§ππ§π€π₯π¨”
Falling into Trouble 2.0
More inspiration from my upcoming novel, ππππ£π© ππ₯π‘ππ©π©ππ§ππ ππππ§ππ§π€π₯π¨. You were behind me, waiting for the sinkIβd never been to a bar with a community washbasinWhen you opened your mouth,I thought you would say, βHi, my nameβs Jason.β Instead, you said, βNeed a hand?βI laughed in a way I hadnβt in agesWho offers to helpContinue reading “Falling into Trouble 2.0”
Bookstoreβs & Beaux
I DON’T WANT TO BE HERE
I Don’t Want to be Here was initially written on May 15, 2021. I used them in my novel Bad Seed as lyrics to a duet song. {Guy}I never really like the kind of places that she doesThe parties and the bars she hauntsThey always kill my buzzItβs not like I had anywhere elseI wantedContinue reading “I DON’T WANT TO BE HERE”
I Will Always Find Love, a poem
While I know some of you may be tired of reading my poetry, statistics show that many still enjoy it. This is for you, you know who you are. You once said, βbut for me, you are the end of the road.βThen you created a fork and away you strodeDown a different path, away fromContinue reading “I Will Always Find Love, a poem”
Chasing that First Time High
I wrote the original version of Chasing that First Time High on November 21, 2021, in the notes app of my iPhone. I wrote it knowing it would be used in a book I was writing, and it was published as song lyrics in my novel, Bad Seed. Here is the original version: Ever sinceContinue reading “Chasing that First Time High”
Broken Heart Souvenir, a poem
He said he wouldnβt talk to me for six monthsHe said I needed to grieveHe said heβd wait for meHe said six months would fly by in a breeze He had his own broken heart that needed put back togetherWe were two broken people connected by an invisible tetherI poured my heart into my workHeContinue reading “Broken Heart Souvenir, a poem”
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