September 16, 2015 / Maisie Smith
“I own a logistics company. We offer integrated transportation solutions for mid-sized corporations.” He then reached into his pocket to grab a stack of business cards. I smiled politely and began the process of slowly extracting myself from the group I was attempting to mingle with. It’s not that I have anything against logistics. I imagine […]
read full articleAugust 20, 2015 / Maisie Smith
The massive rock sailed over my head and crashed into the water in front of me. **Boom** I spun around to face my brother standing on a ledge above me, grinning and wiping his muddy hands on a He-Man t-shirt. “You are such a jerk!” I narrowed my eyes into a seething glare and turned back […]
read full articleJuly 9, 2015 / Maisie Smith
“Are we even moving?” I yelled over my shoulder to my guy. He was floating 100 feet behind me on an identical purple inner tube, his ankles and toes hidden beneath the river water. We had been winding along for hours in slow motion. I dug my flimsy plastic paddle into the water, trying to […]
read full articleJune 25, 2015 / Maisie Smith
“I’m sorry,” said the voice on the other line. “The beer koozies accidentally shipped to Iceland.” I bolted upright in bed, momentarily stunned that I was in a dark bedroom rather than on the phone in my work cubicle. Heart racing, I plopped back on my pillow […]
read full articleJune 4, 2015 / Maisie Smith
I popped the cherry in my mouth, fully expecting to bite down on a pit. Instead, a rush of indescribable sweetness hit my tongue. I grabbed another, chomping it down faster than you could say, “What the hell is this?” And then another. Suddenly, I morphed into Gollum, protecting the tray full of cherries like […]
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