A humorous article I wrote and published on Medium.

The Sheepshead Review is an international blind journal put together by the students of the University of Wisconsin - Green Bay. I am most proud of my poem Dancing published in the Spring of 2024, and my short story Brooke published in the Fall of 2024.

A humorous article I wrote and published on Medium.

I sit at the bar waiting. The man I’m waiting for is late, but I suppose that is to be expected from a man like him. I’m in a little black dress, black four-inch stilettos, and nothing else. I have some light make-up on, but nothing fancy. I don’t want him thinking I’m trying too hard. From what the girls told me, he likes a challenge. Yuck. Sounds like he doesn’t know how to take “no” for an answer, but I guess that’s a good thing for me.

Finally, twenty minutes after we agreed to meet, he saunters in. I shine my best smile at him and wave just my fingers in his direction. He’s wearing a tight black shirt to show off his admittedly impressive physique, some loose black dress pants, and is freshly shaved, leaving behind his full mustache and some subtle stubble. His dark brown hair is grown out and messy, but styled just enough to look natural but good. His smile is pearlescent and he is at least 6’3”.

As he walks over, I notice two things. First, he isn’t wearing the necklace his girlfriend gave him for their anniversary. According to her friends, he never takes it off. It isn’t anything specific, just a silver chain with a single bead: a round obsidian stone. Since it doesn’t give away his relationship status, I don’t know why he would take it off. Guilt, maybe? Second, his wallet is in his front left pocket but his phone is not in the right.

He reaches me and leans in, extending his hand, “You must be Brooke?”