A Devil's Bargain I didn't know it at the time, but I made a devil's bargain when I, Connor Colin Cooper (yeah my parents were jokers or loved rhyming, I don't know which), aka Triple C, was about to start my junior year of college. My family had suffered some reverses during my sophomore year. This included my father losing his job, my mother having a hea...
Book Two: Secret Origins Chapter One: Weird Science "You promised, Galatea." "I lied." "You don't lie." "Yes I do! I lie a lot! I lie all the time! I'm lying right now!" "I mean you don't make false promises. You lie about them, but you never break them. There's a difference." "All right, Dee, you win. You can go to that stupid store. But I still thin...
In Search of the Final Freedom: An Erotic Socio-Political Novel Chapter TWO Cooper had been shooting nude photos of Bonnie since before their daughter Misty was born, but only recently had he began caring several of them in his wallet for his own pleasure and to "accidentally" flash them when opening his wallet. One day in early June he was out to lunch...
Cooper and his girlfriend, Natalia, arrived at the Italian restaurant at 7:50 PM. The restaurant's manager greeted them at the door and escorted them through the mostly empty space. They were seated to a booth in a mostly secluded corner of the restaurant. His parents were expected to arrive at 8:00 PM. He thought the earlier they could get there the better...
Eighteen months has passed since Cooper and his wife Megan have had a weekend alone. They live in rural Texas and have no family or close friends that can babysit. Sex has been reduced to semi-monthly, barely undressed, under-the-covers, spooning to muted orgasms. Neither are satisfied and both need this weekend bad. Cooper's father flew in to babysit for t...
One fine Saturday morning, substitute teacher Mark Cooper lay on the couch, watching a rerun of The Cosby Show. A former professional basketball player turned substitute teacher, the tall and lean, thirty-something black man still looked like he could still play for any number of top notch teams in the NBA. A dream whose time has come and gone, as far as Mar...
Everyone was gathered in the church for rehearsal. Olivia was beaming; this was a day she had been dreaming about since she was a child. She looked over at her fiancé Will, smiling. Instead of returning the smile he scowled at her. She glanced around wondering what could be upsetting him. Not seeing anything out of place she went to talk to him. "I can't w...
She was alone. In a dark, creepy, old, abandoned museum. The storm rumbled breaking the heavy silence. Vanessa jumped and let out a shriek as she lost her balance and fell backward landing hard on the cold, dusty floor. "Ow!" she cried out as a throbbing pain shot up through her hips and into her body. How the hell did she get talked into coming in this...
Chapter 3. "Devastation" -*- Friday, November 23, 2018 -*- -*- Crystal River, Missouri -*- "Remember last year? Lexi had me doing that juice detox thing, but the juice shots were so gross that I had to follow them up with Diet Mountain Dew just to get them down, so..." "Who'd have ever guessed that you'd have trouble swallowing? Not me." Her mouth agape...
Cooper Lusk's bored wife left him nine years ago and fled to Sydney, where she probably became a waitress, petrol station cashier, prostitute or whatever. That's when Cooper handed back his rental home, sold his building maintenance business and drifted south, eager to feel like a free man. A month later he was engaged as one of the three regular skippers o...