Book 4 - Beth I sat in my car in the parking lot of the convenience store for quite a while. I had long since finished the wretched coffee that they offered, and I was lost in my thoughts. A wise man once said "never look a gift horse in the mouth," but that's exactly what I was doing. I had left my old surroundings less than a week ago, and it was as if I...
***So we continue with Ryan's recollections. This begins after the first night on what looks as though it might be where he'll be for the um, foreseeable future. Like any new arrival anywhere, he wants to see the lay of the land and what's shakin', so to speak and other top of mind things, like where's the nearest Starbuc - ok, maybe not that. 0_o *****...
This is a parody of the Jeeves stories by P G Wodehouse in which the major characters of Jeeves, the 'Gentleman's Gentleman', and Bertie Wooster, the gentleman, are used. The situations in which the hapless Wooster finds himself are based rather loosely on those encountered in the original stories, as are those of the secondary characters. The principal diff...
The beautiful things of life are oftentimes birthed out of great bitterness. The morning sunlight glistened off the smooth surface of West Grand Lake with the early morning chilled air hanging still and motionless. It was the dead calm of an early October morning when most of the seasonal campers and cottage dwellers had long returned to their distant resid...
Kawaii, cuteness in Japanese culture, is literally translated to adorable, precious, lovable, or innocent. Lolita fashion, a Japanese fashion subculture, combines Victorian clothing from the Rococo period with gothic elements. The Lolita look consists of high heel/platform shoes, stockings, a bell shaped knee length skirt/dress, blouse/petticoat, and a fancy...
I recently received two very different e-mails. One was complaining that I have too much sex in my stories, the other was complaining I don't have enough sex in my stories. I've been around long enough to know that in order to make one person happy you're likely to piss off another ... in other words, you can't please all people at all times. I want to thank...
I was lying in a hotel bed with my arms spread to either side, pinned by my two sleeping children. Preschool age, both of them, and they'd just fallen asleep, which meant I needed to lie still for another fifteen minutes before I tried to extricate myself -- otherwise our four-year-old, who swears she's too old for naps, would wake up. She needed the rest...
Just when we thought life might be getting back to normal, the governor announced that our state was going back to the stronger lockdown procedures from early April to deal with a sudden surge in cases. We were going to be stuck at home for the rest of the summer, if not longer. All and all, I couldn't really complain. I still had my job, as my office was a...
The Girl Next Door -- Day with Kimmy Authors Note: This is the next chapter to the The Girl Next Door story. While you don't have to read the first story, it would help provide context to this one. I would like to thank everyone that took the time to read the first story and for all the comments. I appreciate the encouraging words and constructive critici...
Spacer First Class Jianhong Qasim found that traveling through an alternate universe was remarkably similar to traveling through the one he had been born in. This suited him. The week that the People's Shield had spent in an uneasy orbit in the Saturnine system with the Russians, Americans and Indians looming within ten thousand kilometers had been filled wi...