young adult stories

#100: Daddy dearest

Read Inspired Tidlog Transcript Scene One (4:30am…Dave’s dad asleep in the background) Dave’s mom:

#99: Blacks don’t get depressed

Read Inspired Tidlog Transcript Scene One (Ada in bed) Ada: I’m depressed. Cathy: Black people don’t get depressed. Scene TwoAda: What?! I can’t even call you racist ‘cause you’re black too!Cathy: Okay,…

#98: Bitter pill

Read Inspired Tidlog Transcript Scene OneDave’s friend: Dave which drink do you want?Dave: Just water. Scene TwoOther friend (laughing): He doesn’t drink alcohol…he’s a softie! (Dave gulping down a bottle of beer)…

#97: Bae-in-faith

Read Inspired Tidlog Transcript Scene One (Dave asleep) Lady in Dave’s dream: I really like you, Dave. I think you’re a cool guy. Scene Two (Dave’s mom enters the room) Dave’s mom:…

#96: Unfair

Read Inspired Tidlog Transcript Scene One Ada: I feel like I forgot something important, but I’m not sure… Scene Two (Ada after boarding a bus) Conductor: Your money, madam? (Realization) Ada: OMG!…

my sherpa

My Sherpa

He handed me the cup of hot choco I had been staring at wantonly and held my small, cold shivering hands in his big warm hands. “You see, life is just like…

#95: Right Away

Read Inspired Tidlog Transcript Scene One (Dave meets a lady) Dave:Would you like to go to dinner with me?Lady:I have a date with someone else. Scene Two (9PM) Dave(thinking):I’m never speaking to…

Long live the Queen

TIDBIT SPECIAL

Read Inspired Tidlog Transcript Scene OneFriend: Happy birthday, Ada. Scene TwoAda: This year is a special one. Let us toast to… Friends: The death of the old era and ther start of…

prey

Prey

The first time Uncle Donald had come to visit us, he’d seemed like the angel that God decided to leave back on earth. He was perfect, had the dentition of a man…

short stories, trust me

Trust Me

“I was five years old when my landlady’s house help deflowered me in the backyard of our building. I remember the day like it only happened a minute ago. I was playing a game of hide-and-seek with my friends and we were running around wildly, looking for where to hide our little buttocks…”