Next day I had that experience of having woken from a dream, grasping at a memory but unable to reach it. I was in the shower before I was able to coherently remember the team night out, and make a timeline out of what had happened. Not how or why it had happened. I couldn't make sense of that, but definitely what. I have no illusions about my desirabilit...
When I was in college, a girlfriend confided in me that she had been raped—by her boyfriend. It's hard, sometimes, to know what to do in situations like this, when someone you care about is in a lot of pain. I was angry and confused, and I couldn't even begin to imagine what she was feeling. She cried, I cried, and I did the best I could at the time, with wh...
You asked me, O Best Beloved, to tell you an Earth Day story that is about Nature. You wanted a story that was not Intelligent Design but Evolution by natural selection. So I've decided to tell you again how the elephant got its trunk. When you were much younger, I told you of The Elephant's Child who was full of 'satiable curiosity. That means he asked ev...
She stood outside the funeral home and told herself this was a mistake. She had been having this dialogue with herself since the day she saw the obituary in the paper. It's not like she read those on a regular basis, in fact, she avoided this section of the paper like the plague because she found it morbid and creepy, but she was reading an article that had...
"Ms. McCarty, please come on in. Make yourself comfortable." Perry ran an extremely successful therapy business and saw a lot of women like her. 'Thanks, Doctor," Kelli whispered as she stepped into her analyst's office, timidly with little nervous twitches marring her otherwise beautiful face. She was obviously upset about something. There was a couch and...
It was the end of the day at Padded Bliss and Megan had gathered everyone together for the "Poop of the Month" announcement, honoring the Diaper Specialist who had dropped the biggest load in her diaper that month. It came with a plaque to be hung on the wall, plus a free case of diapers of the winner's choice. That month's victor was Maria, who eagerly ac...
CH8. Returning from a war. Even though I wasn't really in a hurry, the weather was cool and the horse could do with some exercise. I reached the temple somewhere in the afternoon. I couldn't find Antiope or anyone else in the stables but took care of the horse as best as I could, and then entered the temple. Zeuxis told me he would send a dove, so I was n...
"AAAAAHHH!" She screamed out loud at the freezing cold and the snow. It was the perfect end to a perfect day. Just perfect. "This just fucking perfect," Renee said, hissing in anger and stymied rage. Her car wouldn't start. It wasn't the battery, either; she knew enough to check that. The battery wasn't dead and jumping wouldn't help. She had no idea abo...
This story is motivated and inspired by a real event. The names of the characters have changed, but these are real individuals and a real event. ***** Liam lives with his mom and dad in a ghetto in Los Angeles, California. He is 20 years old and studies in college. He had studied hard all year and now it was finally Christmas break and he would be free fr...
Edited by Scalia Well here, we are again. Another story for you to comment on, this one is an allegory I hope you like it. The vista from my home is one of the most beautiful on earth. Wide gently rolling grasslands with azure skies and cloudbanks that reached to the heavens. My mate, Timet, had returned from a hunting trip. She is the best. I of course...