Many thanks to techsan for his editing of this story. * I was in my best mood at a beautiful sunny Friday morning in May with no clouds visible in the blue sky over our village outside a Scandinavian town. The time was exactly 9.12 when I took the phone call, which within a short time would mean such serious problems for so many people in our village. I w...
I can hardly believe I am dressing this Saturday evening to go out on a date. It's been a long time since a man came to my house to pick me up. I just met him for the first time at lunch today. However, the purpose of this date is not like the dates I had when I was a teenager. Many years have passed. I've been married to Bob long enough to have two grown bo...
I first met Jenny when I called into the restaurant for a meal. She was serving at the tables and looked very beautiful despite the fact there was quite a crowd dining in that night and she was very busy. I didn't know it then but she would play a big part in my future life. She was too busy to take any notice of me or probably any other customer in particul...
I was pretty pleased with myself as I pulled onto my driveway and hit the button on the garage door opener. Addie's car was already in the garage which was nothing new since she was always home before I was. She would have dinner on and I was trying to make up my mind as to whether I should give her the surprise before dinner, during dinner or maybe after di...
Alex chewed his lip as he glared at the anatomy test in front of him. After a grueling week of finals and all night study sessions, this was finally his last test. Freedom was so close he could almost taste it. His leg bounced anxiously as he filled out another set of answers. Why does there have to be so many damn bones in the skull, Alex thought. Twenty-t...
When I published my story Interdiction, I had already started writing this one. I had two ideas for how to handle the scenario of "the wife comes home and tells her husband she wants to go on a date with a coworker." I went with Interdiction, but recently I started rereading this and realized it was a very different story and one that I liked too much to let...
We've reached the end of Cleo's tale. Thanks to everyone for their comments and support, and I hope you enjoy this latest installment. * Cleo burst into the apartment and rushed straight to her bedroom, walking straight past a surprised Erica. Erica was on her feet and following her before she even fully realized something was up. "What's wrong?" Erica sa...
Welcome, Sunnet and Jacob marry. Keamon passes and the wapjanli leaves. We have reached the end of our journey, or so I'd like to think. Thank you to the author that started this journey with me. Harryhill. This story started out as a collaboration, then Harryhill allowed me the opportunity to stretch my imagination wings. It was fun. Thanks HH. All chara...
"Look, honey, your Uncle Joe and me, well, we're going to the beach. Wanna come along?" Anne smiled at the older woman, touched by the obvious concern. "I'll be fine, Aunt Margaret. Honest. I'll read a little, just enjoy the break." "Anne, sweetheart, you've hardly been out since you got here, and that's over a week ago. You can't hide from the world forev...
I live in an apartment right above this little factory that turns old clothes into rags for the metal-finishing trade. It's in Bridgetown, a run-down industrial part of the city that most businesses fled long ago, mainly because it sits in the shadow of one of the worst gang-infested housing projects in the city. Or did. The projects are gone now, torn down...