Sunday, February 5, 2012

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Lights Out

Marsha treated her thick, dark hair to a home body permanent once a month with great success—except for tonight.  Halfway through the perm process the electricity went off.  What went wrong?  This had never happened before in her apartment at Dodge City, Kansas. As she pawed through her kitchen junk drawer for a flashlight, she [...]

Aunt Felicity and James Dean

January 24, 2010 by  
Filed under Karoline Barrett, Romantic Comedy, Short Stories

After a two hour plane ride, the last thing I wanted to do was stand in line waiting for a rental car. I tapped my foot and peered around the man in front of me. How long could it take one person to rent a car? I adjusted my super size sunglasses and tried to [...]