FED UP, new vampire-themed short story

 Disgusted with her vampire boyfriend, a woman finally dumps him.

THE MAGIC COIN, new fantasy story

 A mermaid helps a poor young boy by giving him some buried treasure.

INQUISITIVE, new short story

 A young, laid-off woman dislikes her neighbor's insistence that she find a new job right away.

FORBIDDEN FRUIT - new flash fiction story

 In the 1920s, an arrogant man decides not to enjoy the sexual favors of his honest maid.

SURREPTITIOUS - new flash fiction story

 A woman declines getting romantically involved with a presumptuous neighbor. 

"Not in the Swim" - new story

 New humorous story - a woman ruminates on the hazards of swimming.

"The Painted Desert" - new short story

 An older woman recounts a mystical trip she took to the Painted Desert in Arizona in the 1930s.