Rebecca was a twenty year old red-headed modern-day hippie. She grew up in a strict Catholic household in suburban St. Louis, but as the saying goes, Catholic school made her atheist. Rebecca kept many of the values she grew up with, but could not reconcile with the church's stances on birth control and homosexuality. Rebecca herself had a birth control impl...
Adrian was sitting by his desk, working as usual. As a result of his brief physical relationship with Janey, a coworker, a lot of his other female, single coworkers, as well as a few male ones, had been asking him out for casual sex. At first, he had been very reluctant to accept the offers, but after some pep talk from Janey, he had done so. For some reason...
Sam was the most beautiful man I had ever laid eyes on. He had thick, dark, wavy hair, iridescent, sea green eyes and broad cheekbones straight from Rembrandt's later depictions of Christ. He wore his suffering heavily like a condemned man, the pain of his stigmata eased only by the permanent halo of whisky and cigarette smoke which surrounded him. His bod...
"George, are you awake?" The drugs had eased the pain, but they made me groggy, too. My eyes opened, and she stood there, looking sad and yet, concerned. "Honey? Did I wake you?" My mouth was dry. I rasped, "No, just resting." She came up closer, by the pillow. "I'm sorry to bother you. I just wanted to see how you were doing. I'm sorry, I'm John's mothe...
Fifty is such a daunting number. Half a century and it seems just yesterday when I was young and the world was new. I sit alone in a crowded bar nursing my third bourbon and coke as music blares around me drowning the sounds of younger people chatting and laughing. Today I am still the 'right' side of that psychological figure. I am forty-nine, but it is the...
The sounds from the radio lilted through the lace curtains of the open window, across the alley to Mrs. Scott's boarding house. Her boarders were seated for dinner. Mr. Grist, the day laborer and lay preacher, had just finished another monumental blessing of the meal, a rambling supplication that left the other boarders shifting in their seats. Harvey had ma...
"I'm breaking off the engagement," Kayla said determinedly. Christina's jaw dropped. "I just can't handle it anymore. He's not worth me." She blinked in confusion, then smiled as the realization hit -- her best friend finally let go of her useless bum of a boyfriend. "Why?" "I found a man that makes me feel alive." Christina nodded approvingly. "A m...
Hi. My name is Rachel and I am nineteen years old. I grew up with my older sister and my mother with no father figure in the household. As a consequence of my being raped by my uncle when I was twelve, I didn't date much in high school and had very limited experience with men. The only steady male figure in my life since I was three was my godfather, Harry...
The day had droned on and finally the last group of students had exited and I was finally able to enjoy a bit of peace and quiet until students began filtering in for tutoring. I teach history and while not as complicated as some other subjects, some students really struggle with the amount of material in college-preparatory classes. I sat at my desk and J...
Chapter Three: Goddess When she walked back in, Janie was sure that everyone in the place was looking at her. She was right, and most of them knew, or at least strongly suspected, what she has been doing. She walked across the room, ignoring the "welcome back" from the clerk, and began to look at the videos. My, the covers were graphic, with lots of sexual...