Psychological Suspense, Travel, Romance, Erotica, Paranormal - Stories, Poetry, and Excerpts
Read never before published stories and excerpts from J. Sharland’s novels including the fact-based-fiction suspense travel thriller Under the Umbrella of Paradise, the paranormal psychological suspense novel Shadows of the Ripples, and the suspense travel horror novel The RV Park.
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Gwynny’s Broken Marriage (and How a Broken Floral Arrangement Saved It)
It was always ‘Gwynny and Nina’, short for Gwyndolin and Janina, since first grade. We’d become best friends and have stayed best friends throughout college and into our married lives. Although how long Gwynny will stay married will remain to be seen. It’s a troubled one, and due largely to Gwynny having turned into a real bitch.
The Garden of Earthly Surprises
Alligator species, we were eager to see.
Would they be hidden,
Or would they just be
Out in the open, in water or on grass
A good chance they’d not be just scratching their ass.
The Dance of the Candlestick Flower
From my window I did see,
Movements, peeking erratic-ally.
Who is looking in at me?
Someone that should not be?
I feared to seek
The one to sneak
and take a peek
To be a freak
Or too meek
To meet one as chic
As I am thought to be.