Tag: fiction
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My First Job
That summer in Florence ruined me. How does a woman return to the normal humdrum of life after experiencing paradise? My boss stormed into my cubicle throwing down the report I handed in last night. “What’s this?” “Last month’s financials.” I took a sip of chai. “I showed this to my boss and looked like…
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A Daughter’s Lesson
This was going to be ugly. She stayed out all night, and then got picked up by the cops for underage drinking. At least it was her father who picked her up. Her mother would have been yelling. They walked through the early morning city streets in silence. Just when she thought he was going…
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Her Big Break
“London holds a secret, Lia.” Lia frowned. She wasn’t in the mood for one of his riddles. She just got home from singing, dancing, and avoiding the roaming hands of dirty old men at some brat’s bar mitzvah. “Yeah, it’s not New York.” Lia spoke with a slight Brooklyn accent. “Do you hate it?” Lia…
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Young Love
“Journalism is your passion. What happened?” Regina’s hazel eyes filled with tears. “You did, Joe.” “You knew from the start I’m in the seminary.” He looked at the tattered hat in his hands. She was so young; too young. She had lied about her age when they first met, but he continued seeing her, even…
J. Rusolo Ward 