Chapter 1 My birthday fell just before the cut off line for school, so I actually started kindergarten at age 4. Throughout my life I was always the youngest in my class by 6 months to a year. As a result I was still 17 when I graduated from high school, so I did not head off to college right away. My life up to this point had always been one of longing,...
It was at the beginning of the summer, circa 1990, and Pete had just returned home from university. He would have enjoyed spending the entire summer lazing around and taking it easy, but he needed a job. University was expensive and although his parents helped out with the bulk of the cost, they didn't have the money to allow for anything other than the esse...
The first few days back on the project, Aaron is busy with doing a lot of coordination with some of the other sub-contractors. Things are coming together and this is said to be one of the most modern and sophisticated dairies in the world. All I know, it's huge. So far the space under the roof has been wide open and easy to get around in, but now the maze of...
I never planned to spend my life running. I didn’t even realize I had until I got to San Antonio. Running and alone, not what I wanted for my life, but it was what my life had become. I had worked various construction jobs since leaving home at 17. I hadn’t stayed in one place or held a job for any longer than three months until I got to Texas. I hit San An...
The summer air was dead. It was only Noon and it was already hot. It was going to be another scorcher today. I walked with my head down from Phil's Auto Body on the deserted sidewalk. Phil was my dad. I went to work for him after high school. No prospects for college, I wasn't interested in school anyway. My grades hadn't been that great and besides, I liked...
[Note: This story is an expansion and development of a story I came across a very long time ago on the web. I do not know the name/pseudonym of that author, but I want to acknowledge his or her role. That version of the story was very short and, IMHO, underdeveloped, but the basic idea stuck with me and planted the seed for this expanded version. -- Cyanlot]...
By Tom Collins and Jushorny *Joel* It seemed as if Devlin were trying to be honest with me. I was wondering if he meant it when he said that he was open to the possibilities of a deeper relationship as he pulled me back down to him, capturing my lips in a slow, coffee flavored kiss. I held back a little as I thought about his words, trying hard to ignore h...
Silver 3: The Monster Inside Pelaam: June 2007. * The twin suns blazed their heat on the figures reclining on soft silvery sand. A cloth canopy had been set up for those whose skins were in danger of burning easily and needed the shade. A powerful male, with eyes as blue as the cloud free sky and hair the colour of both sun-baked and sea-kissed sand, smil...
For John, without whose suggestion this story would never have been written. Another story in a series about the pleasures of youth and the fun had during those glory years.... Story Ten -- Everybody's Hero That night, Toby was everybody's hero. He was golden. Nobody could touch him. The ball kept sailing towards him with remarkable alacrity, thrown by t...
"Come on, Micky," she begged. "Please, just this once." My roommate and best friend Christie meant well. She was always trying to get me to go out with her. "You know I hate bars. And straight ones are even worse. It's so loud and smokey." "It's not that bad. We're going to Tony's. They have live music on Fridays. You need to get out more. You'll never...