Special Occasion – Allison M. Azulay

He loves me, he loves me not…

Post author:Allison Azulay
Post published:14 February 2021
Post category:Special Occasion

If another loves you but you cannot feel the same, what does it mean? Are you cold and unfeeling? Is that other in love with love instead of with you?…

Happy New Year

Post author:Allison Azulay
Post published:29 December 2020
Post category:Special Occasion

May the end of the extraordinary year of 2020 be celebrated with gusto. May 2021 be filled with health, love, and the freedom to enjoy both. And may your days…

‘Tis the Season

Post author:Allison Azulay
Post published:22 December 2020
Post category:Special Occasion

It's that time of year again: The end of one season and beginning of another. In the north, Autumn ends and Winter begins the season of slumber that ultimately segues…

Culloden

Post author:Allison Azulay
Post published:15 April 2020
Post category:History Opinion Readers Special Occasion Writers

To paraphrase a famous saying: "Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it." To people of Scottish descent and especially Highlanders, the name "Culloden" still evokes…

Horror

Post author:Allison Azulay
Post published:31 October 2019
Post category:Horror Readers Special Occasion

A cross between Fantasy and Thriller might describe this genre. Zombies and other nasty mythical creatures are often featured as the plague that we ordinary humans must escape, if not…

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I NOTICED THE SWAGGER FIRST: that arrogant saunter that said, “I’m irresistible and I know it.” He was good-looking, yes—as emphasized by the tight jeans that displayed every muscle and more than hinted at one in particular. And the chambray shirt open to show off a broad chest matted with jet hair that proclaimed his masculinity.

–excerpt from Bad Twin

GINETTE LAY STARING into darkness in the low cot by the grand canopied bed in which Lady Barton snored softly. To her surprise and dismay, the old woman had roused from her fireside dozing when she entered the room and had insisted on regaling her with more tales of the foibles and weaknesses of the aristocracy as Ginette helped her undress.

Thinking back on it, she realized there had been a subtle urgency in the manner of the viscountess. Indeed, now that she recalled her months as maid-cum-companion, she recognized that she had felt yet dismissed a sense of impendence. At first, she had wondered was it she who anticipated something vaguely threatening, or was it Lady Barton who expected some event? Now, a certainty filled her that Lady Barton’s choosing to employ her signified much more than she had guessed.

But what?

–excerpt from Propositions and Proposals