My name is Jeff Clark. I'm a widower in his mid forties. My wife and I had married young and had been happily married for 17 years until she was taken from me in an automobile accident. The first few years were kind of tough. I wallowed in self-pity for a while and then got my head back together through hard work and attention to detail at my job. I've been...
I wanted to apologize for how long this took to be put up. Part 13 was NOT supposed to be a cliff hanger. I had planned on 14 to be released right afterwards, but life got in the way. A situation came up in my own life and I had to settle that before finishing 14. I made a decision to put up the last part, despite the ending. It was not my intention to make...
Author's Note: This story is completely fictional and did not happen. All characters and names are fictional and were made up. ****************** Los Angeles, California From a hotel room, a man found himself undressing to call it a night. Steven had just arrived in L.A. a day ago on Saturday and before he was to get down to business with things he wante...
CHAPTER FOUR *all characters are over the age of eighteen years* ***ARAN -- One Year Ago, Emerin Forest Chapel*** Aran's eyes shot open as his bedroom door slammed against the stone wall. Outside, the window showed a violet sky dotted with myriad stars; it was not yet dawn. "Up!" Elaina roared. She was planted in the doorway, dressed in a simple coat a...
"Baby this going to great!" I said as I looked out the airplane's window. "The water is as blue as the sky," I continued, as I gazed down below. My wife, Ann, was seated next to me at the window, and I was leaning across her body as I took in the spectacular scenery. Our jet was on final approach to our island vacation destination. I purposely had a case of...
Chapter One Submission "This has been the week from hell," Valerie thought to herself. All week she had been working ten to twelve hour days, desperately trying to get the Hopkins account finished on time. "At least the account is done and the presentation went off without a hitch. Now I can relax, at least until Monday." She knew just what she wanted toni...
Alan had his arm around my waist as we walked back into the Venetian. I slipped his hand under the hem of my top and rubbed my waist in front of passers by. No one took any notice. This was Vegas after all. I looked back and saw Pavan still following us. Being out in the fresh air for a few minutes had actually sobered me up a little bit. I started re-evalu...
Prologue: This is the final chapter in a story about two women who have been best friends since childhood as told by one of them (Jenny). The other (Rachel) is in the process of divorcing her husband (Charlie), whom she caught in bed with his mistress (Holly). If you enjoy stories with a surprise ending (and a little dark humor), I recommend that you read "...
This story contains elements of violence towards law enforcement that I do not endorse or condone in any way, shape, or form. They are presented here to establish a mood and show the caliber of the main character, and justify his, er, "punishment". Anyone who takes issue with the [limited] violent scenes in this story (which are in no way sexual), please e-m...
All characters are 18 years old or older. This is the second installment of the Recipe series. If you haven't read Recipe for Disaster please go to that series first. That said, welcome back to Arkham Massachusetts and Dr. Donahue our protagonist. This story takes place two weeks after the end of the previous series. I hope you enjoy and please feel free to...