The Yorkshire village of Hornsthwaitedale straddles the lazy curve of the river around the old stone bridge where the oak tree bends low beneath the lush weight of its own greenery, and willows ripple shadows up from the shingle riverbank across the cemetery towards the tall spire of the Norman church. Several narrow ginnels and snickets radiate between clus...
To get a sense of how the characters relate to one another, please read Parts 1 and 2. ***** Rachel had only lived in London for a year. She'd decided to work as an au pair with a French family, who were living in the UK, it was to improve her language skills, before she went off to uni. Occasionally she got a long weekend off and came home, usually to ple...
There were twelve of us in the summer of 1969. Six guys and six girls. We were life guards for Milwaukee County Parks and Rec at Bradford Beach. Although we had all just graduated high school, we took our jobs very seriously. This was evidenced by the fact that we had only two drownings that summer and 92 rescues. The rescues were usually because the water...
The Girls All Get Prettier (At Closing Time) Authors note: This story is very loosely based on Mickey Gilley's great song: "The girls all get prettier at closing time ... They all begin to look like movie stars When the change starts taking place It puts a glow on every face Of the falling angels of the back street bars" Thanks to Techsan and Lady Cibelle...
Two years ago I thought my life was near perfect. At that time Patty, my wife of five years, was six months pregnant and we were both very excited about the coming event. I had a good job with a large electronics firm in San Jose and Patty was enjoying her job at a day care center. On top of that we were shopping for our first house. Then, without warning ou...
Everyone portrayed is over eighteen. This is fiction; as always, all characters and events, etc. are figments of our imagination and have no connection to any living or dead persons, or true events. Le Coeur du Jardin (The Garden's Heart) My marriage to Gwen needed a boost; our fourth anniversary was coming up soon and something had changed over the past...
"Yes, Big Daddy, I think that is a wonderful idea. Does anyone need a new drink?" Stephanie turned her head to Reggie, then deliberately eyeballs his too-full beer, then down to her healthy, perfect breasts, then back to lock onto his eyes. Reggie followed her glance to realize the message here was he wasn't ready to be served yet and that it was in his be...
You sit in the shade, sitting back and drinking your beer. You had just gotten back from a hunting expedition, and had brought back a lot of sorry escapees. You always got paid extra for them. You relax, watching the busy slave market. Rich white men, and some women, walked the aisles, examining slaves. Most were looking for strong, cheap, labour, for their...
You're drinking a beer and watching TV when your phone rings. "Hey man can i ask a big favor" Your best friend asks, "Sure whats up" you reply "My wife needs to be picked up from work and i cant get out there, can you pick her up im sure shell give you gas money for your trouble." "Sure thing man" "Thanks talk to...
The twins Josh and Jen had invited their friends over as they often did on the weekends. However, this weekend, their parents were out of town. While their parents usually didn't mind them and their friends drinking as long as it was at their house, Jen was excited by the endless possibilities having no parental supervision could have. But she was greatly di...