(As always, these stories are dedicated to my wife Amanda; mere words can't describe how loving and amazing she is.) (Special dedication to Scott, my favorite secret.) (And, thank you, once more, to Goddess of Sunshine for her time, effort, and editing skills. You're as awesome!) * Amanda hugged me tight. "Are you sure you're ok with this? I can go with...
The chronological order of my stories is now listed in WifeWatchman's biography. Feedback and constructive criticism is very much appreciated, and I encourage feedback for ideas. This story contains graphic scenes, language and actions that might be extremely offensive to some people. These scenes, words and actions are used only for the literary purposes...
Vegas! I could hardly wait. I'm a college professor at a prestigious, but small, university in the Pittsburgh area and life was getting a bit too routine for me. An older colleague, Krista, who happens be the department chair, recently asked me to tag along with her to an educational conference last month at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas. I was thrille...
This story is part of a series that includes two other stories: Fight Test and Victims of the Revolution. The characters are not recurrent, and it can be enjoyed without the other stories. -- Homeless. Jobless. Pregnant. In this city, just another way of saying 'dead.' Corporations ruled the day, moving unchecked across a landscape that grew more arid an...
Why do we think in absolutes so often, like good and bad, fire and water? Why, for instance, do we insist that there only should be men and women, and call that the natural order? Isn't that just a lack of imagination? Lucian sat on a bench in the shadow of a big tree with a crown of flaming leaves -- a sycamore, maybe? He loved the word, but he knew not...
Please note: I don't normally provide "trigger warnings" or anything for my stories but there are some references within this story to events in a particular character's past that may bother some people. If references to noncon relationships bother you, you may want to skip the first half of this story or just come back for chapter 25. It's not dwelled on in...
"Truth or dare?" asks Cristina. "Truth," Sammy answers. There'd be plenty of time for wild antics later. The slumber party was just getting started. "Okay..." Cristina looks around the room at her friends mischievously grinning, feigning serious consideration with a finger to her chin. She pauses extra long to build suspense and takes a swig of her wine...
Jackie couldn't believe it, what had started out as a girlish prank now had her dirty dancing at a summer fraternity party with a man young enough to be her son. It had all started out innocently enough. At the end of the two week long teacher's workshop a bunch of the "girls" had decided to go out and unwind before their flights back to their respective h...
It was a week after the vacation and I had noticed that Paulette was reacting to me oddly. I've asked Peggy about it, but she told me that things would work out. Peggy has sent Paulette an e-mail telling her to come to my office at 4:45. Peggy has already gone for the day. Paulette shows up promptly, looking so worried that I immediately shut down my Mystery...
Note: I highly recommend reading this series before beginning this story. Thanks to everyone who has voted so far, the encouragement is very flattering! I hope you enjoy this next chapter in Melissa's journey. ***** It had only been three days. Just 72 hours since that night that Jessica had revealed more of what was going on with her. They had been enligh...