As Darrell entered the Ballroom, he saw a skirmish going on... "Why, Kimber, why can't I just go to my support group, ma'am?" a pudgy fellow in an alligator shirt was pleading of a frosty blonde. "You told me I could go if I scrubbed the garage, and drank a quart of your urine...now you've changed your mind just because your girlfriends stood you up." "Cedr...
This is a true story. It happened in the summer of '04. I've dramatised it a little, but only very slightly, the events are true. I should add, it's more about buildup than the sexual act, but it is the first story I've written, so be patient with me! The names have been changed to protect the innocent! --- I'll start by introducing myself. My name is Kare...
Linda had a huge grin on her pretty face. The twin turbos of her silver Porsche were on max boost and she was screaming through the desert night. This was where and when she felt most alive. Especially tonight, she was headed for a club meeting out on the flats. There was a new guy applying for membership in the club and she meant to keep him out. Two girls...
It seemed a simple question when I went to the door. I'd called for pizza to be delivered and this kid was there with the box still hot from the oven. He held the box back and read me the charge including added delivery fee that went entirely to the store. I knew it and so added two dollars for him. As I paid him I heard him say "This is my last delivery f...
The thing about insomnia is, your time isn't even time anymore. Even though you get the same ration of hours, or even a couple extra, they're an inflated foreign currency: you can't buy nothing worth shit with them. I always drift into it, in cycles. I'll have a good week, waking and sleeping like a model citizen, Ben Franklin style. Up at six, bed by nine....
All right – so it's St. Patrick's Day. Just another "amateur night" in the taverns of land. Usually not the time to be out and about. However, my best friend was in town and having just arrived we thought it was a good idea. We started with sushi (an historic event for us since it our favorite mutual repast) and thence off to the wonderful tavern across the...
Night falls over the terminal, with its blanket of glittering stars drifting down over the last red/orange blazes of the scorching summer sun. At the fringes it purples and wavers in the heat rising from the tarmac. Indeed it is hot, but I wait with a nervous little shiver at Gate 11 as I watch a set of drifting blinking stars glide low, touch down with a ro...
I desperately needed a break from city dwelling. My friends own a ranch in the country and invited me to stay. I should be ashamed to admit that I am so 'citified' that I almost refused the free vacation. After all, what is there to do on a ranch but watch where you're stepping? As much as I try to chalk all of this "good ol' country living" up to cutesy ho...
Apostate! Kafir! Infidel! Marked for death. In the eyes of the Muslim community, I am all these things and more. My name is Aminata Khalid and I'm a young woman of Somali descent living in the City of Detroit, Michigan. For most of my life, home was the City of Montreal, Quebec. About a year ago, I had life all figured out. I had just graduated from the Univ...
Rachel had been working in the office for nearly three weeks. She was overly conscientious in her duties, wanting to make an impression. She wasn't our first choice or even our second. The others turned us down and now we were stuck with Rachel. I watched her as she typed, the tip if her tongue occasionally appearing between her lips. She had decorated the a...