Engagementparty Stories

Some stories don't ask to be understood, only felt. Short Stories is a quiet collection of moments: a look held too long, a goodbye left unsaid, a love that arrives softly and leaves even softer. Within these pages are tales of fleeting connections, slow-burning longing, and the kind of heartbreak that lingers not in grand declarations, but in silence. Told with restraint and emotional honesty, these stories explore the spaces between people. The pauses, the hesitations, the almosts. From melancholy mornings to wordless partings, each piece is a small echo of something once held and gently lost. For readers who find comfort in sadness and beauty in what slips away.

Some stories don't ask to be understood, only felt. Short Stories is a quiet collection of moments: a look held too long, a goodbye left unsaid, a love that arrives softly and leaves even softer. Within these pages are tales of fleeting connections, slow-burning longing, and the kind of heartbreak that lingers not in grand declarations, but in silence. Told with restraint and emotional honesty, these stories explore the spaces between people. The pauses, the hesitations, the almosts. From melancholy mornings to wordless partings, each piece is a small echo of something once held and gently lost. For readers who find comfort in sadness and beauty in what slips away.

Round 3 Long List for the Open Novella Contest Party planning doesn't have to be personal. If anyone knows that, it's Samantha Hall. She's been successful in the Event Planning business without ever getting emotionally involved. It's how she likes it. With no one else to take care of a job, Samantha is forced to face the one thing she's went out of her way to avoid the most. Love. A promotion isn't too far out of reach, and apparently neither is rekindled relationships. What happens when there's a lot more riding on a new client than just a paycheck? Formerly known as: The Engagement _________________________________ Content Warning: Sexual situations, Profanity, Implicit content (implied actions) MA15+ Open Novella Contest 2019: Romance Prompt #3: Engagement Party

It's been years since Carman has seen her family. When she gets invited to her cousins engagement party, things go terribly wrong.

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