There is something so oddly empowering about the way I spend my days. My name is Abel Whitaker. I'm a young black man living in the city of Boston, Massachusetts. Let me tell you about my life. I was born in 1986, to Boston police officer George Whitaker and car saleswoman Jennifer Kingman Whitaker. They raised me to have ambition and a positive attitude. I'...
Now on with the story... "Well it was just that the strangest thing about it was that you were in it..." "Whoa hold up for a minute, I was in your dream. That's kinda strange." "Yeah you were." I could hear him hesitate on the other line, damn I should have handled that better - can't get very far basically calling him a freak. "Well it was a strange d...
Cal nosed the mule under the bar as he turned into Heaven. Looking up, he saw the weathered chunk of wood on which he'd carefully carved the word "Paradise" when he'd first come to live with the Cowdens. Looking beyond that, up the length of the valley and then even higher, up the flanks of snowcapped Hahn's Peak, his heart went zing as it always had at the...
I'd recently met and begun dating a much younger woman that myself. The thing I liked almost immediately about Crystal was her open-mindedness, and obvious lack of inhibitions. Even her friends appeared to be an odd-mixture of people whom she'd introduced me to at one of their gatherings. Obviously several were gay, lesbian as well as a few who were definite...
When I turned 18 I had a lawn mowing business for the summer. It was just me, and I used it to earn extra money. It all started about 6 months ago; I see a hot looking neighbor move in down the block. This guy must live to work out; I have never seen a guy wear so many different leather outfits. I had gotten a summer gig mowing lawns; hey it pays well for ab...
The New Hire: A Fantasy Come True I remember how I jumped out of bed that day. Anxious and eager for a long anticipated job interview with an established New York advertising firm, they'd called me back for a second interview!. I'd been angling to land a job with this company for some time now and felt on the brink of it all coming true. Certain to dress in...
With a long sigh I zipped up the last of my luggage. Four hours of packing and two massive suitcases later, I was finally done. Looking around my now empty apartment, I felt a little empty knowing that my time in California was through. Time for another ending, I suppose. I had to remind myself, as I hoisted the giant bags onto my bed, that I was chasing m...
Evan was just preparing to lock up the stationery store he owned on a Friday night when a beefy guy came in. 'Sorry, I'm just about to lock up.' 'I know.' the big guy said. Evan felt a little panicked. Was this guy here to rob him? He took another good look at the stranger just in case e had to identify him to the police later. He was wearing a pair of sh...
Three years earlier "Presenting..." proclaimed His Majesty's announcer, I walked from his side head on high. "Sir Gozlin de Lorraine!" "Presenting..." proclaimed Lothair's announcer "Sir Jacques de Bouillon." On the other side stood the champion of Lothair, brother of my liege Charles the bald, and claimant to this this area. A sword on one hand and a rou...
Todd looked at me from his corner, back on his knees and still in his Speedos (which I needed to remove this round) and I nodded that I was ready. Once again, he said "ding! Ding!" and we moved towards each other. Initially, we lunged for each other's shoulders but I was hoping to feign him out and (surprisingly) it worked. As his hands went up I dropped mi...