The board meeting had been going on for several hours already, without stops to smoke, drink coffee or even eat lunch. Management was furious about the latest news that was spreading like a wildfire, and everyone was looking for answers to the never ending line of questions. I had little to do there, just sit in a corner and wait for it all to end. In times...
And just what would the perfect gift be? I wondered this to myself, as I walked aimlessly down the mall, aisle after aisle, store after store. The possible Valentine’s Day gifts were now starting to run together, all turning into one lousy gift after another. This time, I wanted something special. For after these years of marriage, the only communication we...
He was retired now, but once upon a time, they had called him the wolf. He was the best at his business. He traveled everywhere his country needed him to be, and put his life on the line repeatedly it had kept him single and alone and a wolf is a pack animal one that needs companionship. Finally at fifty, he was back in the states, working at a desk job, st...
My name is Maggie Malone, and this is my story. It all starts as most stories do innocently enough. April 1st, all fools day and it turns out I was the biggest fool of all. Life wasn't perfect I knew that, but all and all I thought it was damned good. I had three great kids, a loving husband and like most of the world, not enough time. I was about twenty po...
Friday, May 15, 1992, 8.50am. Rachel Lindsay: Arrive at Anderson Fashions and report to reception, Another temporary secretarial job. It's not expected to last. Friday - what a day to start! To the loo to check I look OK. I'm dressed for business. Dark blue suit and shoes. Half heels. White blouse. How much cleavage? My breasts are always a problem. Nobody...
I flipped through the mail as I walked up the driveway and into the house. Most of it was bills, what else is new, and a magazine. As I tossed the mail on the countertop I saw an envelope fall from the pile onto the floor. I picked it up. The envelope was a deep crimson color and had a black ribbon tying it shut, and there was no return address on it. I ripp...
It was a dark, foggy night in November when he made his first appearance in the tutoring center. I'd been working there since the middle of my freshman year - I'm now a sophomore - helping my fellow students with everything from study skills to crafting a decent term paper to getting that elusive 'A' on the midterm or final exam. Speaking of grades, a littl...
This story is meant to be told, not read. So, if you would, please read this out loud, as you would poetry. ******************************* I fell, and through the clouds and the light I pondered. It would be some time before I confronted the Devil, and spoke words to him condemning myself to travesty. I thought of my life; of the pleasures and the g...
Note: This story should make sense on its own, but it's also an epilogue to my previous story, "Soft as Glass." It's the same characters years later. If blood and branding bother you, you may want to skip this story. *** Jamie lay on the bed, with his eyes closed and his head on Lene's lap. Although the video they'd been watching had finished several minut...
What kind of snack food was appropriate when a vampire kidnaps you? Reese Cups? Skittles? Mike and Ike's? Junior Mints? Definitely chocolate. Willow had a feeling that this was a dark chocolate kind of day. That was the trouble with being a denizen of Sunnydale, there were never any etiquette books to cover the situation. "What'll it be, pet?" Spike asked,...