The Shyest Cougar

The Shyest Cougar: Intimate Stories by Sandra Smith

Something intimate is being written.

Sandra Smith writes as The Shyest Cougar, creating stories about attraction, memory, timing, longing, and the dangerous comfort of being understood.

This site will soon become home to fiction, selected readings, observations, and cinematic storytelling from Redheaded Spitfire Publishing.

The door is not open yet. But the light is on.

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Something intimate is being written.
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Sandra Smith writes as
<strong>The Shyest Cougar</strong>,
creating stories about attraction,
memory, timing, longing,
and the dangerous comfort of being understood.
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This site will soon become home to fiction,
selected readings, observations,
and cinematic storytelling from
Redheaded Spitfire Publishing.
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The door is not open yet.
But the light is on.
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