"Did you get the 23rd off?" I asked sleepily. My law partner was finally tying the knot and it was Joe's and my job to make sure he got there on time. Not an easy task when you knew his nickname was Late Again Murphy. We were still in bed. I knew I should make an issue out of it, but it was so warm and nice and quiet. It had been a long time since Joe and...
"What is an Acute Myocardial Infarction?" the professor had a smile upon his handsome face as he taught. He obviously loved what he was doing. "A heart attack," Michael said from the row near the back. "Correct..." the professor spun into a lengthy lecture about how Doctor's use jargon in hospitals and how they really needed to use common terms. The bell r...
8===> Three very strange deliveries creates more confusion for Josh Cody and I were almost done working a closing shift when two calls came in back to back. "Looks like you win a double buddy...they are both going to Motel Sex," was his pronouncement followed by a good chuckle. We referred to the Motel 6 in our delivery area as 'Motel Sex' because they ra...
RICHARD: Mother, Brija and I watched as Roi ride away on his horse. No one was taking it as hard as mother. She simply didn't know he was going to be fine, that he was going to a place that was safe. We all returned to the brunch table, everyone silent. The king seemed shocked at the actions that took place this morning. Mother slowly turned to him. "I d...
RICHARD: The days that followed Kijus's departure were rather surreal. The family simply didn't function the same. Brija was distant, studying the journal full of information Kijus wrote for her like it was a holy book full of salvation. Roi and Jon were having their problems due to Roi taking the training of Silver far more seriously than their relationshi...
In the late '90s I was teaching art classes at a couple of different colleges in a mid-sized Midwestern city, piecing together a minimal living from adjunct teaching gigs and trying without much success to get my own artwork into some galleries. I was in my mid-twenties, feeling good about being independent, but living at a distance from most of my friends a...
Author's Note: Okay, so I have to retract the statement I made in chapter 1. I don't think this is a little darker that what I normally write, I know it is. These characters aren't particularly likeable, but I'm writing this story because I do find them compelling. I think nomoretears00 got it right when she described all three of them as damaged. Anyways...
I left the stairwell and headed back to my apartment but I scarcely remembered the walk. I was entirely preoccupied by that fucking video and what it meant. The moment I got home I sat on the sofa and played it again. I had the full measure of the situation at last. I'd been under the impression it had begun at the Cottage on Thursday night, but now I saw i...
~*Jared*~ He had been thrown into the cellar unceremoniously, like a sack of potatoes. Harry tried to dampen his fall with his own body, but somehow Jared managed to dodge his crouching form and not land on the floor, though it must have looked quite inelegant. The door fell shut behind him, his captors were moving up the stairs again. "Jar-" Harry began,...
Comments, critiques and tips are welcome. Jeremy Stanton vs. Ryan Hicks Dedicated to the sexy GloRash. She's hot, fierce, elegant, sophisticated, strong and alluring...just like Gloria Stanton. Luv you Sis :) Revelation! *** Ryan looked up when he heard a small knock on his door in the hospital. "Enter." He called out and watched as the door opened to...