Janyce Helen Van Es : Writing

Excess Baggage

Excess Baggage

A Story by Janyce Helen Van Es


I decided to heed the warning labels on my cigarette package when I suffered from bronchitis regularly. I stayed home so much I lost my job. Quitti..
One Sided Conversation

One Sided Conversation

A Story by Janyce Helen Van Es


“Thanks for showing up at the hospital. Are you drunk? You know that pisses me off to no end. So, where were you when I had my surgery, with..
Bill

Bill

A Story by Janyce Helen Van Es


I met this handsome guy who moved in next door to me in 1986. When he was in his twenties, he modeled in Houston and showed me the proofs in a folder...
Wrong Turn

Wrong Turn

A Story by Janyce Helen Van Es


Sixty dollars and the price of diesel seemed hardly worth the price to mow her new neighbor’s yard during this one hundred degree heat wave. ..
Procrastination can be Painful (to others)

Procrastination can be Painful (to others)

A Story by Janyce Helen Van Es


Another saga of Johnny and Janyce.
Recall

Recall

A Story by Janyce Helen Van Es


“Raaaaallllllpppphh!” Janyce heard Johnny, over the sound of the CNN anchorman, giving up his PB and J sandwich into a trashcan. &ld..
Didn't You Hear That?

Didn\'t You Hear That?

A Story by Janyce Helen Van Es


While Janyce relaxed in a bathtub of fragrant oils, she heard a grinding sound behind the ceramic tiles. The sound moved across the wall. When her ..
A Little Problem

A Little Problem

A Story by Janyce Helen Van Es


“Give me the wheel, you jerk,” Janyce shoved Johnny’s drunken torso to the left, causing the jam-packed motor home to sway. &ldqu..
Interrupted

Interrupted

A Story by Janyce Helen Van Es


His gentle, loving touch filled an overbearing deep emptiness in her heart. She waited three years until her eighteenth birthday, hoping he would noti..
The Keys

The Keys

A Story by Janyce Helen Van Es


Johnny lingered on the New Mexico highway watching for a car or truck. Late-summer heat bubbling forehead perspiration resembled the fresh-laid asph..

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