Short note to the readers: This is a work of pure fiction (for those who may take this way too seriously) and is merely a modern work of fantasy playing off much older ones had by females across history. If you enjoy it feel free to comment. When Christie awoke she had no idea where she was. Her head was groggy, and as her eyes cracked open slowly, she rea...
I don't know why I had left them so exposed – usually I kept them well hidden, even when I wasn't expecting anybody to be coming around. I suppose I had just been careless the last time I'd worn them, but it was still a stupid mistake to make. It's true Lauren's visit was unexpected – why the hell would she be coming round my place? I mean, she was a good fr...
"'Cause down the Shore everything's all right You and your baby on a Saturday night Nothing matters in this whole wide world When you're in love with a Jersey girl" ~Tom Waits~ The screen door slams. Deuce and Silvio shuffle into the Prince Bar after their late night gig at the Stone Pony. It's a miserable rainy Saturday night in Asbury Park and there a...
I dreamed while I was asleep. I dreamed that I was a bird, witnessing my life from afar. I saw a fifteen-year-old girl dressed in black at her parents' funeral. Her hair was short and curly, and her eyes had dark circles beneath them. A boy walked up to her and said a few words. When she looked at him, there was nothing in her eyes save two emotions. Grief,...
The next few days in school were awkward. Ellie came every day for lunchtime "study sessions," but I just couldn't be around her. Every time she came in I asked her to leave telling her I wasn't offering extra help that day. Finally on Friday she cornered me afterschool yet again. Just as I was packing my things to leave, I heard my classroom door close and...
I lay in bed staring at the ceiling, a disgruntled frown on my face. I couldn't sleep. I was alone in Daddy's big bed and it made me feel restless. He had left for work a couple of hours before. I had tossed and turned for a while, but by then I had given up on sleep. It was too strange not to have Daddy's warmth next to me; my body wouldn't let me rest with...
Each step I took down the hall was a little less sticky as the eruption that just took place began to dry. Really I wasn't this stupid, but there was something exciting about what I had just done and no one would really get to know about it but me. I smiled a little to myself. The witch had done something to me, but I was somehow excited about it at the s...
I woke up the next morning in the most delicious way possible...a smiling cowboy holding a big cup of coffee. "I don't know how you like your coffee so I made it ranch style: hot, strong, black and sweet. I figure you can use the sugar rush and caffeine kick," he said with that sheepish little boy grin. I rolled over and smiled as I took the cup of coffee...
It was Friday night. Jane could barely suppress a smile on the drive home where her husband and Master was waiting for her. Friday nights, the baby was at her parents and they had the whole night and next morning alone to play. She squirmed in her seat thinking about the last couple months and all the things she'd done. He'd been pushing her limits steadily...
When all the trauma of my divorce was finally over and I was a free man again I decided to travel. I'd reached forty and never seen the Far East, so that's where I headed. Near my hotel there was plenty for adventurous tourists to see. Above all I wanted to see that famous, or rather infamous, temple. I took a day excursion from my hotel to the temple. The...