This is my April Fool's Day contest entry. Please be generous with your stars! ****************** Mary and Matt had a good marriage. Matt had a steady job which paid well, and Mary was the Girl Friday for an executive, which paid even better. The problem with Mary's job is that it had unpredictable hours, and it involved tasks that were not for everyone....
It's another lovely day here in Pismo Beach. I'm Rob Anthony, retired and enjoying every day to the fullest. The holidays are upon us and the weather is cooler. With daylight savings time ending, our days are shorter, and nights are longer. I don't have plans for Thanksgiving. My steady lady, Catherine, is in Southern California with her daughter. I reached...
Chapter 21 - A problem, a question, and a solution The following day the reception area of the University Memorial Center was reserved for conferences and the visiting Danubian leaders. The university president, the governor, and several local politicians and union leaders awaited the foreign delegation, while Cecilia Sanchez and Cynthia Lee stood waiting w...
Andee edged her way through the crowd surrounding the luggage belt. She was happy to finally be off the plane after the three hour flight from Toronto, but still had some peculiar emotions about being in Houston. Ever since her encounter with Don back at the conference in Chicago she had been maintaining a casual connection with him, mostly on a professional...
I'd taken the red-eye into O'Hare to visit her. I'd been waiting at the airport, for forty-five minutes, for her to pick me up. She was late. I was frustrated. My temper was only exacerbated by the jet~lag I was feeling and I knew that if I were to drive a car on the "Dan Ryan" and get cut off by another driver, road rage would cause me to run the fucker...
*************** CHAPTER EIGHT I should have been a bit alarmed that we all had quite slept for nearly twelve hours straight, without anyone waking us once the needed information had been gathered, but it was quite accurate that we had all been quite dead on our feet last evening. Now, fairly well recovered from her ordeal, Bel had a bit more life in herself...
Prologue 1969 A Funeral Anjelica Harris narrates I was late. I had flown in direct from Washington DC, leaving at first light and landed in Conrad, MT, mid morning. I called a cab which got me to the church, which was completely packed, standing room only, every single seat taken. That was only to be expected, of course, Joe Harris was always the most po...
SO FAR: A still grieving widow Carson Robertson hospitalizes in a vehicle accident the author of the bumbling detective book series that is growing in popularity, Guilty at injuring the creator of the fabulous character Jessie Chicago, Carson takes Harry Truscott into her home to help in his rehabilitation. Harry has a broken shoulder that is encased in a gu...
Ada had nearly become unhinged at seeing her Chicago industrialist lover at her doorstep in Indiana, not the least because he stood beside his natural son—her eldest son, Dan. When Dan had been conceived, Ada was too innocent to know that Vaughn was the father, but Charles had set her straight on that. While pointing out that he couldn't be the father becaus...
Note: I had planned on writing and posting a series about being a bridesmaid in my niece's wedding, but I had a hot encounter on the return trip home. I have started stories about the wedding at which I had several sexual encounters with the family members of my niece's future in-laws. And further encounters with Charles at parties to celebrate...Halloween,...