Shoplifters, adulterous men, sugar daddies, and old ladies in new relationships — I could spot them a mile away — I had never intended to have a career in retail, but just sort of rolled into it. When in high school, I wanted to go to nursing school. I aced Science, Mathematics and Biology, so my career path seemed to be set out. Until the first patient puked on me…

The home for all fictional and non-fictional stories of five chapters or more (last update: 19.03.2023) — As many of you might have noticed, once a week I post a chapter of the series, Thirteen Years. I publish that series on ‘Serial Stories’, a publication I created a couple of months ago. Why Serial Stories? I used to post the chapters for Thirteen Years with a different publication, but there…

Finding your way through my ever-growing content — I started publishing stories on Medium in February 2021, and with my ever-growing content, those stories needed some kind of index. Except for the lists below, you can also find me here: Twitter Visit the Blogable Club, a site about writing and blogging and which I run together with my…

Reading has been part of my life for as long as I can remember, and some of my favorite settings make it into my writing — When I was a pre-teen, and way into my teen years, I read one book after the other. So many times my father called me to come outside, and I called back from my room, where I lay stretched out on my bed: “When I’m done with this page.” And…

Book review of 20/20 and Lifesign by Carl Goodman — Those who have been following my book reviews know by now I love a good detective. …

Shadows Of Mayday #17: Joe and Mattie #1: Neither of them could deny the spark — Start reading here Series: Shadows of Mayday Several personal stories of people boarding the same plane, which crashed in the Namib desert on the coast of Namibia…marierebelle.medium.com Joe and Mattie were madly in love, but they didn’t display their love as openly as newlywed couples tend to do. They weren’t young people anymore. Joe was sixty-seven, Mattie sixty-five, and both of them were retired.

With Ebony firmly in charge of The Ivory Tower, it was time for her to get to business — I watched her where she sat at the large, dark-wooden desk, dressed in a beautiful light-colored trouser suit. Ebony and Ivory, I thought. Always in perfect harmony. I wondered whether she had done this on purpose — bought the series of ivory-colored suits? It was perfect for this place —…

Feeling a bit more popular after a good year in school, I invited those I was friendly with to celebrate my birthday — These days I’m thinking back on my youth a lot, and I know it’s because of the May journal challenge I’m doing in my bullet journal, where I’m answering fifty questions about my personal history. Those questions have made me realize that there are so many things I cannot recall…

They started out as strangers, but that changed before they reached their destination. — Zig-zagging between people walking in the opposite direction, Ashley groaned when she heard the announcement over the intercom. This is the last call for all passengers of Flight BA315 to Santiago to board. Ashley quickened her step to a half-run, dragging her roll-on bag behind her. …