Chapter Nine - The Green-Eyed Monster Johnny looked at Mr. Kent, too, standing his ground. He was still waiting for the other to talk. Depending on the opponent, he either waited for the guy to make the first move, or went for the kill. The former happened when he didn't know his opponent. He had respect for what he had yet to learn about the man in front o...
"It's just for ten days—until Samuel gets back from Denver." "I realize that," Cal answered Levi Yost, the owner of the Hayden saloon. "This is Samuel's job. It's his when he gets back." "Yes, sir, I understand that." "Although I'll own that he's gettin' a little long in the tooth and some would like you instead. They'se tol' me as much. So, it's not lik...
I am fairly certain my father knew there was more to my being apprenticed to the Dutch munitions broker Fons Hertzog when I arrived in Cape Town from London then learning a merchant's trade. He was being protective of me, I'm sure, the Great War having broken out the previous summer in Europe with the assassination of the archduke. With the war only enlargi...
I was smiling as I sat back sipping my bourbon and Seven on the flight to Madrid. After several months of internet correspondence with Julie Scott, I had decided to fly to Spain from the United States and proclaim my love for her in person. We had spent hours on the computer teasing and playing and making nice to one another until I felt a distinct bonding b...
The absolute silence was only punctuated by the slowly swirling snow, until the single digit powder compressed under Jake's snowshoe. He looked up into the encroaching twilight and shook his head to see the sky already blanketed with points of starlight. Jake knew a crystal clear night was just a precursor to a bitterly cold morning. He guessed it would be w...
Finn rolled over on the pavement as he started to feel lightheaded. His eyes shifted restlessly in their sockets, watching as countless pedestrians stepped carelessly past his weakening form. They side-stepped, creeping around his huddled body as if he were vermin. He wanted to spit at them. He wanted to give them all something to really be afraid of. He c...
Big thanks to Melanie and Krista for their help, both creative and editorial, with this story. And thanks as ever to goddess9991 for her fine editing. *** "Hey, you alright?" said a voice from behind me. I recognized it as belonging to Nic, the younger and more obviously gay of the partners who owned the little seaside B&B on whose back patio I was pre...
Marcel, Mathieu, Francois and Louis were close friends. Marcel and Francois were lovers as were Mathieu and Louis. They were all in their early twenties and were very pretty young men. Occasionally they would get together for group sex. They worked together, hung out together and vacationed together. In 1984, the four of them decided to be very adventurous a...
I let myself fall back on the bed in my room, tired from work. I have to fly to Europe tomorrow and I've finally gotten everything packed. Being a photographer for a magazine is pretty awesome, but the traveling gives you little to no time for romance, or anything like it... which makes you pretty much favor porn sites. Thankfully, I can get as many subscrip...
I had been dreading Monday, and here it was. Chris was headed out the door and I had to rush to shower and get dressed. He didn't care that I had to be quick so I wouldn't be late, it was just a little twist he pulled on my life. I had to take care of him without concern for my schedule, then hurry to make up time. I really didn't want this Monday to come b...