Jim invited Eric Reynolds, who has been a friend since his sophomore year in college, to the engagement party. Eric was a year older than Jim and a graduate student. During a few weekends Jim and Eric hung out in the dorm while most other students went to their homes. Eric fell in love with a girl couple of years younger than him, but she wanted to be just a...
"I'm worried about my boys, Marge," Gina Smith confessed to her best friend after church one day. "Why?" Marge replied. "You're a great mother, and your boys seem happy and they do ok in school, right?" "I know... maybe I'm over thinking, but I feel like they need more of a male influence in their lives. Clancy never was around that much right after the di...
CHAPTER ONE This dream stunk. It literally stunk. I couldn't recall ever smelling anything in a dream before, and I hoped to God this wasn't a permanent change. Or if it was, that my future dreams would be a lot more fragrant than this one. I was striding through an encampment of soldiers who obviously hadn't bathed in the last two months. That alone, the...
There's not that much sex in this chapter. So, if that's what you're looking for, you've come to the wrong place. There will be one final chapter following this one. It may take me a while to post it, since I am trying to balance work and vacation right now. Thanks for hanging in there with the story. In Chapter 2, Candice began her last two years of colleg...
It is no secret that a lot of people really, really like living in Colorado. Karen Carrigan, who met Doug Yanevich while attending the University of Colorado, Denver, certainly was happy that Doug was able to get a job in Denver, shortly before she married him. They are somewhat of an odd couple. She is a tiny five foot, one inch, and weights one hundred a...
After I emptied my wife's ashes into the Pacific I climbed to the top of the rocks and sat for a long time, just staring out to sea. The Fourth of July camping trip to Kalaloch, the beautiful beach on the west edge of Olympic National Park, had been a family tradition since the boys were small. It held many happy memories, and when the damn cancer finally go...
The last chapter. Thank you to Estragon for his editing and making this story a much better read. Chapter 5 When I got home after visiting with Darcy and Shauna I couldn't help thinking about them. I now know what Jeff felt like. When you see and talk to women like them our brain turns to mush and all you can think about is sex. My wife walked in the room...
Okay seriously, I wrote five previous installments. You really want to start here and miss all the parts where we killed the zombies and brought peace to the middle east? "Okay" I said as I got to the car at the end of the day carrying my over sized purse filled with sunscreen, a tablet and a ton of girl stuff I think I need everyday but sometimes never...
Kay Miller was in transition. From and into what, she wasn't sure. Three weeks ago the 43-year-old high school teacher had been a reasonably content music and language arts educator, liked and respected by kids and colleagues, if quietly frustrated in her personal life by a passive husband. Her life had been on a steady path of work and mentoring, distracti...
Part 1 New to the Club As I was sitting at the orientation in the Mature Fantasy Club with my wife Lauren, I reflected briefly on the events leading to my being here. My name is Jay. A few months ago I retired from an executive position with a corporation in the Midwest and moved to a retirement community in the South to enjoy the Golden Years. I was fairl...