I was behind the bar at the Wild Goose that very same night. The owners, Carla and Johnny Lake, wanted to attract a younger crowd and generally make the place more hip. That made me grin to myself, but I nodded seriously. They were very clear that they wanted to hear any ideas I had to change the image of the place and draw people in. Ideas? This hick town w...
Chapter 1 You will leave this place. You will fly until your wings break, until your lungs burn, until your eyes are blinded by the dust and the wind. You may never come back to us, and if you try, we will kill you. The words felt like teeth in my heart and I could say nothing. All eyes were closed. None looked upon me, though ears listened to make s...
FORWARD: This is a tale of love in the mid 1800's American West. This is a slow build love story between men that unfolds over about a year. There are no graphic or superfluous sex scenes in it...only passion, intimacy and truth, to the best of my abilities. It is a tale of love that is not often talked about, for now...as then...there were those who would k...
She had managed to kill four spring hares today but our family would consume that in less than two days. We had to continue forward, kill bigger prey. We had to set our sights on antelope. The gazelle in this region could run up to sixty miles an hour, kick and buck and were quite a threat to an eagle only half their size. But Bazahra was no mere eagle. I di...
I woke up about 9 o’clock the next morning. My brother was sleeping peacefully on the floor. I crawled over to the window and looked out. Will’s car was in the driveway. My stomach began to churn and my heart pounded. I crawled out of bed and went to the bathroom. My face still hurt and I had a black eye. I washed up a little and made my way down to the ki...
"Come Babe, come sweeten me up." Jed was precise and Jack knew just what he meant. "You caught me at the right time, Jed .I'm at a loose end and fancy you like hell! "Do you mean Babe you have actually finished your report before the deadline on your paper?" "Yep! Good aye?" "Fantastic, now I can have your real concentration, this morning it felt like I...
We met online two strangers that went bump in the night. This is exactly what we did. I was in the mood for something, at the time I had no idea what. Little did I know who would be crossing my path. I had met a man some time ago. That meeting was very electric and left an impression on me that lasted quite awhile. He was passionate in ways that charged me w...
I had to admit it - Chris was right. The zoo had been fun. I hadn't been to one since I was in elementary school, and definitely didn't remember having half as much fun then as I had with Chris; then again, as a six-year-old, I was probably too busy eating dirt or something. The time passed by easily with Chris. He knew his way around the park, and freel...
Not long after my first story occurred, the weather turned cooler and I started having raccoons coming into the vacant garage. I kept finding droppings and seeing their footprints on the walls but couldn't figure out how they were getting in. Finally, I called a company called "critter gitters" that trapped nuisance animals and they told me they'd send someo...
Rottenrow Prison, Glasgow, Scotland, 1876 Andrew Fairfax sat at his desk, grinning as he pondered his good fortune. Only recently it had occurred to him that he really ought to check up on the practices of his secretary, Justin MacDowell, who handled the clearing and selling of prisoner's belongings. When someone was imprisoned for life or for an indetermin...