Editorial Reviews:
"This story is a blend of hope and history, of regret, longing and the brief happiness that can be found.... The writing is beautifully atmospheric, both very immediate in the first person present tense and evocative of their past. Things as small as a red apple and an open window shout of how deeply these two love each other, have hurt each other just for being what each one is. They know each other well and still crash against the reality, because they are something wondrous together." -- Cryselle's Craziness
"Cornelia Grey got it just right with "Apples and Regret and Wasted Time".... There are no happy endings to this tale but the author, in just thirteen pages, lured me in completely and made me wish for one. It was a temptation to want more for these two men, even though I understood they couldn’t give me what I wanted. Sometimes temptation is just impossible to resist." -- Lisa at Top 2 Bottom Reviews
"I was overwhelmed by the beauty of the prose and the absolute yearning that filters through the narrator and his lost relationship with his ex-lover. At first there is only happiness and joy at being reunited, plus an almost desperate passion that arises between them. It's not long though before we discover that there's much more below the surface." -- Jenre at Well Read
Book Description:
He lives in the shadows of the law. Now, wounded and stranded in the city after a job only he could do, he has no qualms about climbing through the window his old lover left open--or stealing his shampoo, at that. He has, however, not taken into account the possibility of being surprised in the shower.
Three years is a long time to go between visits, especially if you've left so much anger and hurt and desire unresolved. They try to negotiate a truce for one night--over Chinese takeaway leftovers and apples, and between the sheets.
(Length: 6,000 word short story)
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