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Short Story · Good Wife Games

The First Night

She'd been a member for fourteen days and hadn't yet walked through the door. Tonight she was just going to look. She would literally not even take her coat off.

by Nola Perrin & Jude Rooke · 14 min read

Short Story · Lisa & Ryan

The Third Glass

Three places at a dinner table. A marriage with room for one more. A woman who didn't know she was allowed to want this.

by Lisa Jones & Ryan Fisher · 15 min read

Bonus Scene · Scandal Villa

The Ones Who Stay

She's meeting his mother for the first time — the woman who survived her own headline. A scene about survivors finding each other.

by Sienna Lux · 12 min read

Short Story · Good Wife Games

The Dinner Party

He said "you look nice" without looking. She wore the going-somewhere dress. Then she met Owen by the patio doors.

by Nola Perrin & Jude Rooke · 11 min read

Short Story · The Yes List

A doctor who hasn't had sex in eleven months. A bar in Silver Lake. A one-word rule that changes everything.

by Nola Perrin & Jude Rooke · 13 min read

Short Story · Wide Open

The Dinner Party

The woman across the table was laughing at something Kate's husband had said, and Kate couldn't stop staring at her mouth.

by Lisa Jones & Ryan Fisher · 10 min read

Short Story · Duty of Care

The Professional

Claire Fontaine was the nurse you hired when you needed someone competent, discreet, and emotionally uninvolved. Then Élodie opened the door barefoot.

by Lisa Jones & Ryan Fisher · 10 min read