small town life

Gifts from 2022

Merri Maywether / January 1, 2023

People have different traditions on the first day of the year. It’s the day I like to sit down and […]

Best Idea Ever p1

Merri Maywether / October 22, 2021

When a great idea brings the unlikeliest of circumstances, Luna will learn there is a fine line between good and not-so-good outcomes, and she’s the one with the power to decide.

Romance Stories

100 Words This Year Will Be Different

Merri Maywether / January 8, 2021

Today’s 100 word story is an excerpt from a story in the Sweet Romance Anthology. Bacchus had wine. Venus had

The Day that Started on A Treadmill and Ended With A Cup of Cocoa in A Bar

Merri Maywether / January 18, 2020

There was no Jorgen (Just a Friend ) to save me. The cars behind me drove by, leaving me to a fate that sent my overactive imagination into overdrive. Situations like this explain my aversion to suspense books and movies. Seriously, this was prime, stranger danger, CSI episode material.

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Home for the New Year p2

Merri Maywether / December 31, 2019

An acute awareness of their surroundings struck Liz. She was the only single person in the group. Everyone else was married or had brought a date.

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Home for the New Year p1

Merri Maywether / December 30, 2019

Part One of Home for the New Year. When Dirk returns to Three Creeks, Liz fights to remind herself of all the reasons why she shouldn’t like him. It’s a struggle when her friends and family have an agenda of their own.

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