Chapter 2. Note to readers: "Yaya" (γιαγια) = Greek "grandma". Phoebe and I kissed good-night in the hallway, after looking both ways to make sure nobody was watching. I would've gladly followed her into her room — I enjoy sleeping with people, not just "sleeping with" them — but she stopped me at the doorway. "There's no room. In the morning?" So I kissed...
"Skip"/"Skippy" is slang for Anglo-Australians, used mostly by Australians of Mediterranean background. Greek Orthodox Christianity uses the Julian calendar for calculating Easter dates, which means it often falls later than the Western dates. * Even with the Redmond Barry deadline behind us, the next few weeks were hectic at work. The market had picked u...
I spent the next two days in my pyjamas, red-eyed and sullen. I didn't go outside because it was grey and cold, winter starting to creep in, and I had nothing to go outside for. I surfed the net aimlessly, talking online to friends who were unable to distract me, replaying the last month in my head over and over in the hope of finding a different ending. I s...
Talking to Phoebe on Monday morning: "So what did you tell your father? About staying over, I mean." "I just said I'd been feeling sad about Yaya, so I was going to catch up with Jill and Elen during the day, then you and I were going to have a girls' night out and take my mind off things." "Uh-huh." "Hey, it's true, as far as it goes. So, Yvonne, what d...
Mr. Fly, my ex-husband, is a very successful business man so when he and I parted ways a couple of years ago he was very generous with regard to our divorce decree. We had no children and I hated the condo we lived in so we were both very agreeable to him keeping the beach front condo and me taking the three bed room, two-car garage house in suburbia. When...
Tethys -- Growing the Tribe Part 1 This story is a continuation of the earlier story, "Gesso, also concerning Tethys and her friends. I've tried to make it as stand-alone as possible, but it would probably read better if the first one was also read. The work is fiction, but as a powerful, wise and quite dead Wizard is reported to have said, "...but...
The fluorescent lights in the library provided scant illumination in the waning hours of the Oklahoma day. In fact, although it was only 6 pm in November, Fumiko could barely see the print on the fluid dynamics textbook in front of her. For all it was worth, the book was like a useless stone slab. She had been using her cell phone to provide some manual ligh...
Six months had passed, and Phoebe had transferred to another office on the other coast. It was a beautiful Monday morning in June, sunny and warm but not oppressively hot. Brittany stepped out of the elevator in her olive green sundress and sandal wedge heels, a light layer of sweat from her morning commute helping the dress cling to her every curve. The tal...
"So, Boston," said Alexandra. As agreed the previous night, she was behind the wheel of her girlfriend's Wrangler, cruising north toward O'Hare airport. "In November?" "Boston in November," replied the blonde in the passenger seat. "It's not that bad. At least as compared to here, that is." Alexandra fiddled with the heater, adjusting its temperature upwar...
I would like to start with a special thanks to Keith for helping me edit this story! Any similarity to an actual person place or even is strictly coincidental. This story is intended for adult audiences. Enjoy! * Sara stood between a mountain of clothing on her bed and a steadily dwindling supply hanging in her closet. In a kaleidoscope of colors, each rej...