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 Check out this story on my podcast Short Stories by ShanMillion Spirals & Spirals Part Two The train's emergency lights flickered on and off as if they hadn’t been used in decades, you could see the faint outline and shapes of the passengers. As they sat in the dark subway tunnel, it started to become very humid. Ciara squeezed Deon’s hand. Ciara was feeling nervous, and she finally opened up to Deon, they hit it off and now they’re sitting on the dark train together. she began to feel nervousness in the pit of her stomach.  Ciara tried to think positive thoughts but all she felt was if things were going to take a turn for the worst. “Hey Ci, are you alright?” Deon felt her body tense up and she had a look of concern on her face.  Ciara took a breath “Yeah, I’m Fine Deon thanks” they both knew that wasn’t true.   It was so quiet on the train you could hear a pin drop. “AHHHHHHHHHHHHH” Ciara and Deon both jumped up at the same time, “DID YOU HEAR THAT?!” C...

Listen to Short Stories by ShanMillion podcast Cool Waters ~   The water was cool . The sun was hot. it was a beautiful summer's day.  Jamie and Lucy are two new lovers at the beach. The beach was empty and they were in their world. Lucy ran ashore to grab her sunhat.   She picked out the perfect color combination for the day. She had a baby blue swimsuit and a baby blue wide-brimmed sunhat with a purple flower. “Jamie! do you want a beer or something from the cooler?” Lucy squinted and covered her face with her hand, she scanned the water and couldn’t see him. “Darn, where did he go?” Lucy muttered to herself” as she turned to dig through the cooler and grabbed herself Mike’s hard lemonade. She dusted off her towel and sat down. “ah!” Jamie yelled from the water as the waves flung him about. Lucy jumped up from her towel and was about to scream for help when she saw Jamie emerge and he was limping “Jamie!!?” Lucy was puzzled, “Hey babe, woo! I’m alright I got a ...

 Listen to Spirals & Spirals live on my podcast  Spirals & Spirals Spirals and spirals transcend into her vision. The colors of the rainbow filled her view. Joy. She lay there almost motionless and stills her breath. Peace.   “Namaste class. Have a day filled with love and light” Deon declared. Ciara slowly rose from her yoga mat and took a breath, she smiled. The background noise slowly started to rise as her fellow yogi mates dispersed into the cool morning air. Ciara waited on her instructor Deon she wanted to thank him for the inspirational class. “Glorious Rising Ciara! How did you enjoy the class?” Deon asked. “It was a very relaxing vibe Deon, thank you” Ciara hesitated “I was wondering if you offer one on one classes or” Deon started to look taken aback “I mean. If you’re comfortable with it that is?” Ciara felt flush as if black girls could blush. “Wow Ciara I don’t usually offer one-on-one but if you want, I could see how my schedule looks this u...