Ripe and Other Stories

“Ripe” is a collection of character-driven stories featuring women in different stages of life, dealing with issues ranging from death to sex, babies to bonding. Simply written with relatable characters, this collection includes feminist themes and ordinary moments in the lives of women. Some of the women in the stories include a female football coach, teenage-girls exploring sexual pleasure, a community-theater thespian into BDSM, a guilt-ridden step-mother, a lesbian dating her first wheelchair-user, a woman dealing with miscarriage, and roommates with starkly different political beliefs.

Stories included in this collection:

4th and Goal

Ripe

Smile Club

Funeral Flowers

Jenny Hates Me

The Fat Lady Cried

Love and Industrial Arts

Wheelchairs: The Musical

Buttons

Promise Ring

Hot Sand

Finishing Touches

Stealing Babies

Stage Fright