Chapter 1 Yet another lonely night set Tiffany Burton-Jones thinking yet again that her biggest mistake of the past decade had been getting married. Her husband Tim was selfish and neglected her, and in satisfying his business ambitions was probably being unfaithful to her as well. He was away from home such a lot and for so long that a couple of times sh...
Great Great Granddad had settled in this forsaken spot in 1849. The saucer shaped valley with its poisonous springs had not attracted any other settlers, but the grand old man; a salt miner from Russia, had recognised the signs. He had begun a small salt mine and had exported salt lick block down to Texas before it was Texas. The family had prospered and un...
Mark looked at his laptop one more time to finalize everything he had planned for his trip to Scotland. It wasn't just a simple business trip nor was going to be a vacation. The customs agent asked, "Business or pleasure sir". Mark reply with, "It's both business and pleasure". Several months back, Mark's business went international. His company specialized...
Sometimes I just like to write a story about sex. This isn't one of my emotional rollercoaster stories. It's about a young man trying to find what he wants in life. A big 'Thank You' to Estragon for making this a much better read. * My name is Royule James White; most people call me Roy. I'm considered mixed race. My mother is Hawaiian and my dad is a blac...
With Bess gone from his bed, Benni devotes himself to pulling various parties together to moving in a positive direction for parallel business development. He must win over Ralph who is holding a back-stabbing knife with Benni's name on it. Will Bess return to Benni's bed, or will he find someone else – the swine! Will she find someone else? This story appea...
The big bosses from the oil company did their very best to talk me out of taking the lease on the gas station. The position wasn’t the very best although there was a great deal of passing traffic but I had this dream that I could make a success of the venture. The big bosses continued to tell me about the pitfalls of the station and even talked of closing t...
READERS PLEASE NOTE: This is the 'prologue' for a series I am beginning work on, and I would really appreciate your FEEDBACK on the concept of the story. It is very loosely based on some personal experiences; but with a lot of fantasy added to spice things up. Hope you enjoy, and let me know -- even anonymous comments are welcome. This is a work of fiction,...
This is a re-post of one of my first stories. It has been edited for punctuation, grammar, and I hope, readability. * Vincent "Vinnie" Blanton was not a mirror image of his older brother, Tom. In fact, the two could not be more unalike. Vinnie was two inches taller than Tom at an even six feet, but five pounds lighter at 185. While Tom had worked hard to b...
Sue came home a little later that day than I expected. I was working on the computer I keep in the spare bedroom that I had turned into a workroom for me. Our daughter was out with one of her girl friends, as was usual. She seemed to spend most of her time with them. Or at least it seemed that she tried to stay away whenever she knew my wife and I were going...
Finally moving toward buying a business, Buck made an appointment to see a business broker Philip Chandler who said he was about to leave to play golf but business was business so suggested Buck come right in. That attitude impressed Buck but on the way to the office he wondered if Philip found he had time to play golf on a Wednesday morning because busines...