The Memory Table: Where the Past Still Has a Place at the Table: Featuring "Breathe Me Back"

Two haunting stories. Two unforgettable journeys into the depths of the mind. The Memory Table: A Short Story Collection brings together two deeply moving, psychological tales by S. Flor that explore grief, survival, and the fragile threads of time. Part I: The Memory Table For thirty years, Mayleigh has carried a heavy shadow in her heart—the lingering guilt of a sudden passing and a goodbye that was never said. Desperate for closure, she returns to the only piece of her childhood home she has left: an old, scratched brown kitchen table. But when her hand brushes the worn wood, the air turns hot, the scent of fresh tortillas fills the room, and Mayleigh finds herself transported back in time to her grandmother’s house in the bluff. Everyone she lost is alive again. There is only one problem: her family treats her like a total stranger. To stay close to the mother she misses so deeply, Mayleigh must hide her true identity and work as a quiet helper, carrying heavy laundry baskets and sharing old family dinners. Caught between the past and the future, Mayleigh must find a way to make her mother truly see her—before the magic of the table fades away forever. Part II: The Spaces Between (Breathe Me Back) We like to believe that time is a straight line. It is a fragile thread that bends, frays, and breaks when we least expect it. We trust that yesterday stays behind us, that today is solid beneath our feet, and that tomorrow waits safely ahead. But lines can fray. Borders can blur. This is a collection of moments where the veil wears thin—from the heavy ache of a sudden ending on a rainy afternoon to a desperate leap into a midnight portal. The characters in this story navigate the suffocating pressure of places where breathing becomes difficult, where the past and the future collide, and where the voices of those who love them echo across the dark. Turn the page, step through the doorway, and remember: nothing is ever truly gone.