This is a little throwback piece for me. It was an assignment by my creative writing professor to write our own paper modeled after 'The Peter Principle.' I wrote it in 1971 while riding the subway to the college. I never considered myself much of a writer (still don't, really) but this teacher's encouragement changed my perspective. Up to this point, I was...
"In the beginning there was an infinite expanse composed of nothing. And it came to pass accidentally and then began to form chemical elements. Then, accidentally, it decided to compress itself into a ping-pong ball. Having done thusly, it verily chose to collapse in on itself to form a pinhead of compact atoms weighing more than 900,000,000,000,000 tons. An...
Tom I wonder what Melissa is doing right now. I sat alone in the doctor's office. It was the day I would begin my testosterone treatment: a simple shot of testosterone and my sex drive will increase, my energy should improve, and I should start to see improvements with my ED in just a few weeks. It was incredibly exciting but saddening at the same time. I...
PART TWO - (11 months earlier) Ugh! In her opinion, one of the worst sounds in the world has to be that damned alarm going off every weekday morning at 7am. Even though she was usually half-awake anyway by that time, to Andrea the obnoxious sound just served as a rude reminder that another mundane day was about to begin. Fumbling to turn the alarm off, she...
Taking a break from classes and my teaching responsibilities for the day, I walked to the sea wall to eat lunch. A young woman was sitting where I normally sat, so I asked if I could sit near her. She smiled up at me and said, "Sure. Why not?" Thinking it a good idea to do so, I introduced myself as Jaxson Ballard and spelled it. "New age parents", she co...
Vicky woke up in a darkened room. She couldn’t see anything, but quickly realised she was bound hand and foot, and couldn’t move. She tried to remember how she'd got here, but it was faint, a long way away. The last thing she could remember was a hospital, feeling very tired, a terrible pain in her chest then blackness. She also felt different now, the aches...
The first time I met Kristeena was in church. She was a pretty girl with dark brown hair, blue eyes, and a dazzling smile. I had known her for years, and we had grown up together in church, her family sitting a few rows back from mine. She had a large family of seven – typical for a lot of Catholics – and even though she was recently eighteen, she was still...
The power of a people reside in how they tell their stories. For descendants of slaves, African Americans, we don't have many written records of the powerful stories our ancestors. The voices of those whose blood courses through our veins were effectively silenced by the system of chattel slavery. Slavery isn't even something we as Black people want to talk...
There is no sex scene in this chapter. But the treasure hunt and the murder mystery are advanced, setting up the Big Reveal. Thanks for your support and positive comments. *************** When I awoke, Sheila was gone. People were already up, bustling around the kitchen. The shower would likely be occupied, so I put on my shorts and decided to brave the...
This is a choose your own misadventure story in which you decide at certain points what a character will do or not do. When you see STOP read the question make a decision and follow the instructions. Ch 1 Saviors Bible College Ch 2 Old Salt Ch 3 Motel Seduction Ch 4 Motel Courtship Ch 5 Romance Ch 6 After Church Seduction Ch 7 After Church Courtship Ch 8 W...