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Waking Up in Maple Grove

With fingers crossed on both hands, Waking Up in Maple Grove will be available to read this holiday season! When Holly Cain wakes up on a pile of snow in a town called Maple Grove, she just knows she’s stuck in some kind of Hallmark movie. It’s the most Christmastown she’s ever been to, withContinue reading “Waking Up in Maple Grove”

Memorized by Now

I wrote these words on January 23rd, 2024. They have sat in my phone since then. The idea came to me when I found out that not everyone saves numbers in their phones… You haven’t saved my number in your phoneBet you got it memorized by now, thoughMy name doesn’t pop up on your screenButContinue reading “Memorized by Now”

Just a Ghost

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”

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 𝙋𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙩 𝙎𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙏𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙨

🎨💧Next up, 𝙋𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙩 𝙎𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙏𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙨 by T.M. Shivener 𝙽𝚘𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝.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 𝙋𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙩 𝙎𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙏𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙨”

Falling into Trouble 2.0

More inspiration from my upcoming novel, 𝙋𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙩 𝙎𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙏𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙨. You were behind me, waiting for the sinkI’d never been to a bar with a community washbasinWhen you opened your mouth,I thought you would say, “Hi, my name’s Jason.” Instead, you said, “Need a hand?”I laughed in a way I hadn’t in agesWho offers to helpContinue reading “Falling into Trouble 2.0”

Bookstore’s & 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 buzzIt’s 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, “but for me, you are the end of the road.”Then you created a fork and away you strodeDown a different path, away fromContinue reading “I Will Always Find Love, a poem”