August, 2019. Quantico, Virginia Keith Monroe hadn't worn his uniform once since retiring from active duty almost five years to the day, but this was an occasion that called for it, so he'd gotten a regulation haircut and put on the uniform he'd worn for 30 years. As he walked toward the reviewing stand by himself, he was saluted numerous times. "Good aft...
"It was nice." "Nice? What does that even mean?" "It means it...it wasn't bad." "Bailey? That doesn't tell me anything. Did you have fun? Do you like this guy?" "Well, it wasn't not fun," her sister said, not sure how to answer the question any better than that. "Okay. Great! That was so much more helpful," her older sibling said with a strong hint of...
The five-dinner tradition started with Jenna. It had been a while since we slept together -- she had her modeling gigs and I was preoccupied with getting the groundwork laid for starting up my electrician business again. I missed her, not just for the phenomenal sex or her drop-dead body, but the company of her. I was feeling pretty mellow about things. My...
Hello all! A couple notes for this story: Starting with this chapter, this story is basically going to follow Victoria's life and conquests. Dylan and Jessica will both show up but have much more limited roles. This chapter also sort of establishes the "lore" that all my original stories will share. As always feedback and comments are appreciated! Don't for...
Fair warning, this is going to be a long one. I need the space to develop all of the characters that come and go through the story. As you can probably tell from the title I adapted the idea from Hemingway. His characters have major nerd tendencies and I find that interesting. I write about places where I've been and things that I've done. That's the case...
This is Part Two of a two-part story. I realize now that the timing of that phone call was something, not just fortuitous, but providential, perhaps the divine intervention that had eluded me previously. I know that sounds pompous and self-indulgent, but after what Luna had said to me last evening about how others in the office perceived me, I knew my per...
CHAPTER ONE John Smith stood his ground, staring into the hate filled eyes of the vampire in front of him, they both waited for the other to make the first move, a cat screeched across the road, the vampire quickly glancing away... That's all it took... John looked mid thirties, light brown hair, dark eyes, average height and weight, he walked slowly, ke...
This is the eleventh episode of my unreliable memoirs. Each episode can be read individually but it helps to have read the previous episodes starting from the beginning. I hope you enjoy the stories. M4bloke ****************** We left for France on the Friday. What had started out as an opportunity to ride down to Provence and spend a week with Carole a...
The buyout, the stock option payoff, the golden exit -- everybody says that it's a moment when dreams come true, but nobody says that your dreams die in the process. Jeremy sat diagonally from me at the conference table, looking like he wanted to skip the rest of the day and get to the drinking. He was never one for wearing ties, much less suits, so having t...
WARNING TO READERS - This is a long, rambling story and VERY British which has been divided into several parts for ease of editing and reading. The individual parts will make more sense if read in sequence as they follow straight on chronologically. Parts Seven and Eight have been amended and brought up to the present day and are now offered as a single rath...