LZ Short Stories
Water
Peter introduced Alice to water. They fell in love at first sight. They met at a party in the Cincinnati suburb of Springdale, where she had lived all her life. In Springdale, there was block after block of ranch three bedroom houses identical except for the color of the shutters. Alice’s life long friend who…
The Yearning
I had not been asleep for long when the phone rang. It was a man’s voice. “Is this Clara?” “Yes.” “Hi. This is Bill. We met in the park yesterday and exchanged numbers. Do you remember me?” “Uh, yes.” “Are you alright? You sound kind of funny.” Who was this guy and what did he…
A New England Romance
The answers came: He preferred emotional expressiveness to emotional stability. He preferred casual dress to the latest style. She was bipolar, she dressed in jeans or leggings with t-shirts or sweatshirts with environmental messages on them. He preferred her. She could tell. He didn’t care about pornography either way. She wasn’t into pornography, but some…
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