Tag: romance

• The Widow

  Alice Jones sat on her porch at her typewriter. A tear rolled down her cheek. She looked up at the desert, her inspiration, and patted her eyes with a handkerchief.  She remembered when she first came to this place from New York. She was recently widowed and on impulse…was it impulse? No, it was a…

  doloresonabergmann

  October 5, 2025

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  books, fiction, historical, romance, short-stories, short-story, writing

• The Spinster

  Jane’s black taffeta dress rustled like Aspen leaves in the fall. She was aware of eyes on her.  “…Mourning and crying and pain will be no more, for the first things have passed away,” the deep timbre of the pastor’s voice washed over her.  She looked up at the snowcapped mountains behind the cemetery, the…

  doloresonabergmann

  September 24, 2025

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  fiction, romance, short-story, writing