Tiffany Wormack
Stories (7/0)
Celestial Romance
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. So please, I beg you to stop screaming. You will awake the others. Meanwhile back on Earth at NASA Headquarters, Astronomer Jones comes in with his usual apple, carrot, cranberry, kale smoothie. “Morning people.” Another fascinating day of observing data pipelines and all the other bull sh## that happens in the boring life of an observational astronomer. And Yes! A promotion would be nice, he yells towards the captain’s office. Then the phone rings. He answers and a deep voice says, I do not know who pissed in your ice coffee latte this morning but keep the noise down. CLICK! The phone went dead before he could apologize to his supervisor who he nicknamed, Captain Cook. As his peer, a solar astronomer who he also nicknamed BFF, just stared at him with wide eyes and kept working. "If I were you I would not gesture my middle finger considering there are cameras all over NASA," said Wendy the front office manager for new astronomers. Jones slowly lowered his hand and started working immediately. Two hours in, his ex-wife calls reminding him of his son’s surprise birthday party in two weeks. The conversational exchange as usual did not go very well. As Jones reminded her that he is the only bread winner and she as always reminded him that it takes more than money to be a good parent--just before the phone goes dead again with a loud CLICK!
By Tiffany Wormack2 years ago in Fiction
Ni' Hao by Tiffany Wormack
There weren't always dragons in the Valley. Until San Jose’ better known as Silicon Valley was flooded by rains and huge strong winds. Buildings were cracking and starting to lean as if they were about to tip over. Vehicles like chargers, camaros, and other employee fast cars that were freshly wrapped in expensive paint were starting to sink and become almost submerged in rainwater. When a young full of life business intern, an Asian girl named Ni’Hao was working in Silicon Valley at the time and could not cope with the bad weather. She lived through one psunami in her country and became frightened and did not want a repeat of bad experiences with natural disaster. Subsequently, she kneeled before the children’s Buddha to pray for their protection and then kneeled to pray to the Mahayana Buddha for a statewide protection against natural disaster in California. She was reluctant to pray because she recently prayed against the wildfires but periodically they kept coming. This time she prayed a special prayer with more specific requests for the protection of all Cali employees, students, and residents. To her dismay. Within a twinkle of an eye, then came the spiritual dragon, better known as (Shenlong). Shenlong was the ruler of the rains and winds. Ni’Hao had heard stories and fables from her continent of dragons roaming the earth but her wide eyes stretched wider and wider in disbelief as her mouth hung open as wide as the Grand Canyon. She was flabbergasted. Standing before her was a real giant and then all of a sudden appeared a second one called “The Earth Dragon” named (Dilong). Dilong controlled the waterways in San Jose. It had eyes like shiny jewels and razor sharp teeth with a huge iguana like tail.
By Tiffany Wormack2 years ago in Fiction
Girl Power...Can I Sleep on Your Couch?
Country girl lived near Fort Bragg all her life. Actually, her people were in Fayetteville and Hope Mills before Fort Bragg was built which makes her the real Fayettenam. Celebrities like Clay Aiken, Fantasia, Steph Curry, Actress Heather Locklear, Rapper Jay Cole put North Carolina on the world map but Fayettenam has been grinding much longer. Fayettenam had been temping in the Raleigh Synagogue and after she completed her assignment making Microsoft Publisher updates to their Jewish newspaper called the Hamagid, she decided to just take a chance and do it like the Nike motto. She picked up her last paycheck and got on the bus and moved to New York City. After all the overdraft fees, she only had $172 in the bank and no place to stay. Her unpaid internship at the record label began at 9 a.m. the next morning. However, she was determined to overcome her fear of failure and make the big move from the Carolinas to the Big Apple.
By Tiffany Wormack2 years ago in Fiction
Pandemic Rookie and her Furry Coworkers
Pandemic Rookie and her Furry Coworkers by Tiffany Wormack B.F.S. lived near Fort Bragg all her life. It was in her to be a soldier. Both her cousins were lady generals. Her Uncle was a sailor and she had another Uncle who was a NYC police officer. She always admired the Red Hats. In highschool, she played sports and never enlisted in ROTC but she passed the ASVAB with flying colors. Unfortunately, she never could meet the weight requirement to go active duty. So after years of public school teaching, she took the oath for Correctional Officer at the Lillington North Carolina prison. Little did she know, The Lillington N.C prison was 80/20–80% sex offender and 20% mentally ill.
By Tiffany Wormack2 years ago in Families