While Brad waited and drank, Natasha was finally putting the finishing touches on Pam's rebuilt circuitry. As a precaution, most of the affected electronics had been completely replaced whether the diagnostic scans showed them as damaged or not. That faulty fluid intake tube that led from her mouth to what served as her stomach was also replaced and tested b...
A lady gets pulled over for speeding very fast but does not want a ticket, and she will do anything to avoid a trip to the Magistrate. It had been a boring shift, which for a cop is not a bad thing believe me. All the shootings and things you see cops get on TV are not things real cops want to be involved in. It was a dark night and I was sitting in the isl...
Jill had been married three years when we first met. She never called me anywhere but at my office and always at 4:30pm on Thursdays. Not every Thursday, but randomly and her tone was always furtive and hesitant, as if she did but she didn't want to meet and carry on our sticky, steamy affair. I knew she liked it. She liked the danger, the adventure. She als...
(From the Charlotte Diamond mystery series) "Look at that snow come down. It looks like we'll be socked in at the Peak Lodge. I'm sorry, Charlotte. It was inconsiderate for me to drag you along. It's no way for you to have to spend Christmas." "Just being able to be in the same room with you on Christmas, even if across a banquet hall, is enough for me," C...
It was nearly 9am when Jack walked into the office that Monday morning and he sensed at once that everything was not right. Stella the receptionist was not her usual self and appeared to be extremely flustered. Usually a very calm and organised person, this morning she was nearly in tears. She was one of Jack's favourite colleagues and he felt he needed to h...
Holly was good at what she did, and she knew it. She made more money than any of her friends but she didn't flaunt it, not in public anyway. Behind the safety of her four walls things were different. Her flat looked like something a top supermodel or pop star would have. The living area had a white leather sofa, fifty inch plasma television on the wall, the...
My limousine pulled up outside the gated, Spanish colonial mansion in the Hollywood Hills just after 8 pm. I was a little early, but that was fine with me. "Alicia, hold on a minute," I said. "Take your time," responded the young black woman in the chauffeur's cap. I checked myself out in the mirror admiringly. If there was another like-minded, disinhibit...
Note to the anonymous letter writers ... if you don't like what I write then don't read it. If you do enjoy them, I thank you for your comments. * None of my stories is set in the current times ... I really am an old fart and I can't take those little magic pills. Therefore, there is no possibility of "new" adventures. Of course, writing about past adventu...
I pushed back the curtains and noticed a light on in the pit lane garages. In our garage. In a panic, I pulled my long winter coat over my nakedness and rammed my feet into trainers, running over to the garage. Nik was sitting on a pile of tyres, staring at the two cars. His overalls were unzipped, the arms tied around his waist over his white T-shirt. 'Oh,...
You have that look about you. You’re up to something and is as pleased as punch with yourself. I cannot imagine what it is that has you looking like a cat who got the cream. “I’ll be back in a bit,” you tell me as you bolt for the door, “there’s a letter for you on the hall table. You’d better look at it, it looks important.” “What’s it about?” I yell to h...