Carol and I celebrated our twentieth wedding anniversary earlier this year with a small get together at our house for family and friends. The whole gang was there. Our two boys, Jake and Harry; Carol's sisters Jean and Claire and their husbands and kids; my brother Tom and his wife Elaine and her barren womb; our either side neighbours, Eric and Suzanne and...
Thursday, 9:34 am His fingers fumbled with the lid of the bottle of water. Eventually, they managed to open it and pour the cool liquid down his throat. As Andrew Hargreaves swallowed, he noticed his wife watching him. "Save some for me," she said. Andrew screwed the lid back on and handed it to her. "So, having trouble keeping up?" "Me? No – I'm ju...
Author's note: This story was previously published with the same title, under the authorship of DuckanDrake. This was the name adopted by my writing partner and I for certain stories. She has decided to withdraw from that writing partnership, so DuckanDrake no longer exists. This story is largely mine, with some input and much editing from my writing partner...
After an auspicious start to my first tour of Germany, I eagerly awaited Mandi's arrival. When she finally got to Germany, the first thing I did was tap into some cash and get her a fist full of local currency. This helped her over the jet lag and the screaming trip down the autobahn from Frankfurt to Heilbronn. I had to pull into the first rest stop south...
When Ambassador Abel Kalitz (along with his much despised Akrosian escorts) arrived in the Grand Hall of the Council of Magnates, he saw General Hatrit of the Akrosian Imperial Marines sitting on the chair traditionally reserved for the head of the Council of Magnates. This hardly surprised him, but what did shock him was that Admiral Dopar of the Imperial A...
A "Love in Lovett County" Story (#1) A series about a strange rural coastal town in Texas where despair soon becomes hope and sadness turns instead into happiness; and miracles have an odd way of becoming commonplace. Currently eleven stories – there will be many more. Summary: A young computer programmer loves the girl next door, but she loves the other...
************** When someone has an honest attitude, honestly, do you actually trust them? ************** This tasty young bird struts down to my end of the moderately crowded pub. A pageboy-cut brunette in a frilly blouse barely containing a double handful of knockers. Poured into a pair of Capris doing a bang up job of displaying the Golden Mean of her...
"But consorting with these pious elders, chaste dames, and dewy virgins were men of dissolute lives and women of spotted fame. It was strange to see that the good shrank not from the wicked, nor were the sinners abashed by the saints." -Nathanial Hawthorne, "Young Goodman Brown" *** Cassie knew what the red envelope meant as soon as it fell through the ma...
Chapter 26 - Cecilia's façade On the first day of classes Jason returned to his job modeling for the art department. Although he no longer needed the credits, he enjoyed modeling so much that he decided to do it for the remainder of his freshman year. Because both Cecilia and Ken had completed their humanities requirement, Jason did not expect to see any fa...
Copyright ©, 2006. All characters, events, and text in this story are purely fictional, and are created by and the sole property of the author. All rights reserved. Contains adult content. * Throughout a person's life, there come any number of potential epiphanies and character-changing events. The challenge is to recognize those opportunities, because the...