Tag: Speculative fiction

Well, Not Today by David August

Larry Sanchez, a father of two who worked as an operations manager for a pharmaceutical company, woke up at his usual time on Monday. Like every day, he sat at the kitchen table, drank his coffee and ate his bagel, but then, instead of getting up to go to work, he just stood there, thinking of nothing in particular.

He was startled when his sons stormed into the kitchen and grabbed whatever they could find to eat on their way to school. Larry usually left for work before the boys even woke up, although it was not unheard of for him to be a little late to see them off. In less than a minute, they said goodbye to their father and were gone.

Everything a Bronte Fan Could Hope For by Laurel Osterkamp

“You mean you aren’t coming home for Thanksgiving?” Eddie Yates whimpered like he had a toothache, but Annie was unmoved. Yes, it was true that months ago, before she left for college, she’d said to him, “If we’re both still virgins when we come home for Thanksgiving, then – fine. We can have sex.” Well, they both were still virgins. Yet some promises were made to be broken.

Annie had only told him that because she’d been sure she would find someone desirable to deflower to her. She was living on a college campus, for God’s sake. Except, she hadn’t counted on keeping company mostly with females. She lived in a girl’s dorm; she was an English major and heterosexual guys – for the most part – stayed away from classic literature; and, outside of class, Annie spent most of her time working with the campus group for women’s equality.