A stone had hit my windshield and left a small crack in it. I called my insurance company to get it fixed and they said that I could either take it to a local facility or a technician could come to my home and repair it. Opting for the easiest way to get it fixed, I made an appointment for the tech to come to my home and repair it on site. It was set up for...
The only thing that Sophie Creighton related to her husband's disappearance when she called me in to try to track him down was his recent obsession with an online dating service. She didn't suspect foul play or anything. He had packed a suitcase and, she said, had been withdrawn and acting strangely for some time. She said she primarily wanted to know where...
I am a US civilian working in Afghanistan for the military. I am a logistic support specialist coordination the supplies, material and equipment needed by our military bases. Stationed at a base with a population of nine thousand 9000 serviced members, 90% were males. One would think you would have a good chance about meeting someone for adult fun. While th...
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[This is a completed four-chapter novella that will complete posting by mid August 2019.] ***** "You have to take the Jaguar in again?" "Expensive cars like this are high maintenance, Sandra. They have to be fine tuned. But it's worth it in the ride." "You must really like the ride of that car then, Glen. You use every excuse you can to get out on the ro...
A drab room lost in a bureaucratic nightmare of drab corridors. A screen and a file-cabinet full of cases, each of them lost delinquents, just as I am. Hopeless repeat offenders. He looks up at me with a bored expression. 'You realize that, no matter what mitigating circumstances we can fabricate, you qualify for a custodial sentence this time?' I shrug as...
WARNING-DO NOT attempt this at a furniture store near you. * "We need new lounge furniture," Leonard said. "Our old arm chairs are looking really sad and saggy. I don't like Veronica buying furniture as she always gets something flashy and cheap and never wants to try it out properly first. I like good furniture, you know . . . My grandmother has stuff tha...
The summer had turned to a crisp-aired fall, which seemed to lift the spirits of the West Virginians around me and make the miners frisky when they came into the club. But it depressed me, and not only because I came from a hot, tropical climate. Buddy had deserted me. He had used me, finding a way around not paying for it while making me feel alive and want...
*** The first chapter is a little more drawn out to paint the story line. The following chapters will have more action and less dialogue. *** CHAPTER 1 It is a fine, sunny day in the month of September as I sat at my usual table waiting for an old school friend of mine. He should be arriving soon to join me for lunch here at the Hail Ale in Westminster Cit...
The next incident in this extraordinary chain of events follows on immediately from the end of "Any Hotel Anywhere Hot." "So, I interrupted you fixing my Air-con?" I asked as I pulled on my jock and shorts. "All done!" Said my handsome companion with a puckish grin "You're good to go!" It was seven thirty, hours of daylight left, his on-call list complete...