Ma/Fa Stories

A front man for a realty group has to spend a few weeks setting up a new condo complex. He innocently lunches each day in a local strip mall and one day happens to look up and see the most appealing woman he ever laid eyes on. His fantasy for her plays out in his head, but she sees his hungry eyes and recalls a time when her husband looked at her that way. Can she resist the chance to feel the passion and appreciation for her efforts to keep herself so appealing that her husband neglects?

Since my first wife cheated on me I found it hard to trust anyone. I made sure I could leave and start a new life in an hour or less.

A man falls in love the perfect woman, only to find a she had kept a terrible secret from him.

A lonely widow is given a miraculous Christmas ornament.

Joe, a recovering alcoholic, tells the story of Charity, a gifted but demoralised woman; their reluctance to open themselves to love and their eventual recognition of their need for each other.

I originally planned to enter this in the Contest Contest, but realized it didn't fit all the requirements (no sex). I finally decided to finish it anyway and submit it. Hope you enjoy it!

A The Wanting Series Story
Six weeks ago, Cora accidentally summoned an incubus with a candle her sister mailed her. Now she has to break some news to that sister: the candle worked — and Margot mass-produced two hundred and thirty-nine more of them, and sold them at a craft fair. Somewhere out there, 239 strangers own a demon-summoning candle and don't know it. A standalone entry in The Wanting Series — dry, warm, and unreasonably funny paranormal romance with real heat under the comedy. 18+.