“Sean, let’s go out. I’ve got a babysitter tonight and Tom’s working late.” “But Law&Order SVU’s on,” I protested, finishing my beer. The dark brown longneck bottle felt comforting in my hand. “You really need to get out of that basement, baby. Come on, we haven’t been out once since you got home, you can’t sit around feeling sorry for yourself forever.”...
I was perhaps nineteen when my adventure with Louis happened. The year was 2004. It was the year George Bush defeated Jon Kerry, the good guy among the Democrats, and took the White House. It was the year I lost faith in the system, and found myself becoming a misanthrope after seeing so much lying, cheating and backstabbing, both among normal people and tho...
Chapter One Like the men who made suicide is in my genes. The temptation was too great for my great-grandfather, my grandfather, and my father, having lured all three to the other side. Theories abound as to why. No one knows for sure. I think it's because there was too much dissonance between who they really were and who they pretended to be. We all prete...
Summer break. It was the summer between my senior year of high school and my freshman year college. I didn’t hate high school. I had a lot of good memories with my best friend Don. We weren’t unpopular, but we were far from part of the “cool” crowd. We rarely got invited to parties, and even worse, we never had girlfriends. At least we weren’t the guys who g...
****Everyone in this story is fiction and is over the age of 18**** Chapter 10: Ain't Talkin' Bout Love Dick: The next day, Jason and I woke up at 6:45 am. We didn't even discuss the events of last night, instead Jason jumped in the shower and I went to get breakfast going. When he was done, he got dressed and we sat down to eat together. While we ate, we...
This morning we had a short training session and then camp was over. I feel like I got a lot out of it, but I guess I won't know until our first game in a few weeks. I really hope that we can get a few wins. I'm tired of being a laughingstock. Chelsea wouldn't leave me alone the whole bus ride back. She really bores me. We have nothing to talk about at all....
Then there is Gary. Backstory: I was living with Betsy and Jim in a two bedroom apartment. During the summer after my first year at school, I needed an apartment, Jim needed a roommate. We worked together at the mall, so he asked if I wanted to move in. When school started back, I decided to stay in the apartment and skip the dorm. David and I went our sep...
Hi, my name is Jack, I am in my early fifties and I just got back from my father's funeral I don't know why but in times like this it seems it is common for some one to sit back and reflect on their life. I have to be totally honest here, I think I'm a professional failure. I have been fired three times in my life, All three times because they didn't think I...
My name is Clivedon Wilhelm Van Der Hoeven, generally known to my family and friends as 'Clive'. I'm thirty-four and everyone tells me I still look twenty-one. Trust me; it's all in the genetics. My paternal grandfather died at eighty-seven and people were amazed to discover his true age in the obituaries. He looked fifty with not a line or crease on his fac...
I parked my car in the lot and sat staring out into the dark park. I started thinking about what I planned to do and considered leaving. During high school, I never seemed to fit in. I dated a few girls, but the dates never developed into a relationship. One of the girls kissed me goodnight, but it was the extent of my contact. I never participated in spor...