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My Short Story, "Lilly."

    Copyright Glo Lewis 11/8/2023   Dear Readers of My Blog, 💚   I have decided to share my short story, “Lilly,” with you. Here is the story below (As usual, God bless, and I'll be in touch soon):   Lilly Copyright Glo Lewis 11/8/2023                                                                                It was April 1984. Lilly James watched from the front window of her house on Park Lane in Lytell, Oregon, a suburb of Maintown, as a pink sunset blazed through Douglas fir trees. She and her husband, Jimmy, had lived in Oregon for four years. They had one child, a daughter, Charlemagne, whom they called “Charlie.” Charlie would be three next month.     Lilly’s face did not show her age. At thirty-four, she had no wrinkles. Her bleached blonde hair, finely feathered to her shoulders, contrasted sharply with her brown eyes. Dressed in a crisp, white shirt, blue jeans, and lavender moccasins with tiny, colored beads, Lilly looked the very picture

My Short Story, "House of the Lotus Dragon."

  Copyright Glo Lewis 10/22/2023   Dear Readers of My Blog, 💚   I have decided to share my short story, “House of the Lotus Dragon” with you. Here is the story below (As usual, God bless, and I'll be in touch soon):     House of the Lotus Dragon Copyright Glo Lewis 10/22/2023             Frank still had a hangover when he agreed to meet Aspen in the park.    “When will I see you again?” she asked, fingering a fallen yellow leaf from the tree above them, where they sat on a stone bench.    “I don’t know that you will.” He stared off into the stirring breeze, shuffling his feet and nervously running his fingers through his brown hair.    “What do you mean? Are you ending our friendship?”            “I don’t think so,” he said.    “What does that mean?”      Distractedly, he brushed off his dark wool overcoat. “Look, don’t make a big deal.”    “Out of what? Why are you being so mysterious? We’ve been dating for months, Frank. Just be straight w