I was brought in by ambulance to the main psychiatric hospital in my major metro area. The intake nurse, Beth, asked me a number of questions, then escorted me to the ward where I'd be staying. Beth was a pretty, 30-something white brunette with a nice, soothing way about her. She introduced me to Miss Velma, a psych tech in about her 40s who was black, and...
"Out of the Closet and Into the Fire" "I don't know Sarah. I had him try on a dress of mine. Then I sent him in to take a bath and shave his legs. He seemed to be doing as well as could be expected under the circumstance I guess," she said on the phone "When did he leave Lynn?" Sarah asked calmly. "Well, he took a bath and put the dress back on after som...
I work in retail security for a large department store. It's a great job, mostly catching shoplifters and an occasional dishonest employee. I love all the high tech security equipment. Our cameras are so sophisticated we can zoom in on the label in a shirt or the button on a blouse. It doesn't hurt that most of the shoplifters are women. You'd be amazed at w...
Jacqueline paced her small cell as she waited for word that the verdict was in. She hardly noticed the cold floor beneath her bare feet, having lost her boots because the guards feared that she might attempt suicide. She had become despondent earlier in the day when she had heard that both Dominique and Gabrielle had been convicted, and had agreed to five ye...
A new law called the Secure from Terrorisom and Realated Issues Protections (STRIP) Law just passed and was set to take effect August 1. No one who had a hand in drafting it was willing to talk about it. All anybody would say was that it would keep us safe from any terrorists, foreign or domestic, by making sure no one is hiding anything, anywhere. The law h...
From the Twitter of Security Consultant Sean Aloysius Patricius Ryan. * Insurance company wants to hire me to prevent double indemnity on an actor. I love Hollywood. All the easy jobs. Talked to company. Apparently, actor's "mystique" comes from being a former member of an IRA group. This might be slightly more interesting than I thought. I've taken the j...
Lucy and I were walking back from the school bus and as soon as it was just her and I she became a lot more quiet. Ever since I was put in total charge of her it seemed like she was becoming more and more docile every day which was for the best. For her benefit I never overtly showed my authority while we were in school with the understanding she not put me...
This story is a work of fiction. Any similarities to any real person, institution, or place are unintentional and coincidental. Sorry, this story takes a few pages to get going. ***** I was in college on September 11, 2001. What happened that day in New York, D.C., and Pennsylvania caused me to change my major to Middle Eastern studies. I also began to stu...
In an alternate world, the constant threat of attacks by terrorists and criminals caused the public to become increasingly frightened. This fear pressed the government to create new regulations to help the people to feel more safe. Strangely, the government found that terrorist and criminal attacks were committed by females much more often than males. This r...
A fictional story about fictional characters This one is only for Red & Kitty fans ***** Red Foreman loved his wife Kitty with all his heart, but if there was one thing he dreaded; it was when she returned from her excursion to the grocery store with a copy of Cosmopolitan tucked in her brown bag among the bread and milk. It always lead to some feminine d...