Thanks to all who leave meaningful feedback. Willie Nelson: "Leave me, if you need to, I will still remember, angel flying too close to the ground." + + + Life is pretty good right now. I have my own auto body shop where I employ six very talented and devoted workers. My name is Simon and I've never been married. I'm thirty three years old and marriage ju...
It was my morning to open the cafe, so I was in at 5am, alone until the first regulars arrived an hour later to join me. As I turned on the lights, started the coffee brewing, and began setting out pastries, I was reminded of why I loved 'Cafe Muse' and why I had jumped at the chance to work here. The owner, Jason, had put his life into the place, creating...
It is mid may, late in the afternoon. It is a gloomy day the dark clouds block out the sun, holding back the brightness and hope for the day. All through the day the darkness hung in the air like a wet towel. Rain had just finished, for now, and was preparing for its next downpour. There I am walking along, listening to my music, as I daydream to myself. I...
Martin Davies was ready to end his life. It wasn't so much a decision as it was a conclusion, and unlike many who decided to end their game early, he'd come to it logically and stoically. At thirty seven, Martin had nothing to look forward to and no family that would mourn his passing. He'd been divorced for over a year and the business that he'd owned and...
This story is fiction. Any resemblance to persons living or dead is coincidental. Copyright (c) 2019. * Back in the early 80s on my 21st birthday, I booked a room at one of the casino hotels in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada. I had never been to Vegas, and when I arrived, the city's main drag looked much like an explosion of color had happened. The neon lights...
Sablehold Café Barista wanted! Busy local café requires barista. Must live in North Harbor area Above award wages. Experience an advantage. That means you Frank. He blinked and shook his head in disbelief; did that ad just mention his name? He checked again. Nope! No name. It must have been his imagination. The ad caught Frank's eye, although he was a bar...
ARRIVAL The dessert is blowing dust around as trucks pull in and out of an isolated truck stop. The truck stop sits at the outskirts of town. The building is slightly run down with the years of sand that have pelted the building. There is a two lane road passing the building. A truck pulls into the parking lot and stops. An average man climbs out of the c...
"Good luck today Aleira" says Jack, my roommate and best friend. "Thanks" I say, smiling at him. I give him a quick wave before I run out the door and get into my Audi S3 Sedan. In the car on the way to my first day of my new job, I can't help but remember the day I found out I got the job; I was so happy. I mean, sure, I didn't actually get a modelling j...
"Things are not always as they seem," Nancy said, smoothing the boy's hair. She let her hand linger as she pondered if it was time to take the shears to his thick, dark locks. He had come through the door with a look of excitement on his face. His exuberance was always a joy to her, but she had cautioned him that the younger children had gone to bed and were...
Outside the gymnasium the sun had nearly fallen completely away past the horizon, handing over the sky to Luna for the night. The wind had let up some although the breeze continued to toss brown and gray leaves randomly about. Mike and Eli where slowly walking toward the bus stop in the mystical evening twilight. The temperature had fallen a few degrees and...