Posts by Shannon Waite

July 21, 2025 | Fiction

The Women (excerpts)

Shannon Waite

One of the men I’ve dated has a wooden cross erected in his front yard, and another guy drives a minivan.

July 19, 2023 | Fiction

Fat Girls

Shannon Waite

I’m not fat exactly, not fat like an orangutan or avocado, but I’m also not thin. Not thin  like those women on commercials, with bodies like Coke bottles – all dipped and smooth, tastin’  somethin’ like cherry. I’m lumpy like expired cottage cheese.