-------- Author's Note: I wrote this for a blog when I was a freshman in college. It's an awkward blend of fantasy and reality, though in hindsight the more mundane parts got the most creative license. I've spell checked and edited a bit, though it's pretty obvious I didn't do either when I wrote it. Accept my upfront apologies for shifting verb tenses if a...
My wife and I had been waiting all summer for our weekend camping trip to the Michigan woods. Finally we had the pop up camper in tow and were on our way. The 12 hour trip seemed like it would never end as we finally pulled into our site and put the camper up. My wife Deb and I spent several hours unpacking and setting up camp for our week long getaway from...
***************** CHAPTER NINE When I awoke fairly early on Monday morning the hotel rooms were quiet but I was not alone in bed. Sometime during the night Miranda had crept in and joined me and was now more or less awake herself, with her left arm wrapped around me and her head lying upon my chest. The fact that she was still clothed didn't really help to...
Author's Note: All characters depicted are 18 years of age or older. ----- Click Here to listen. (5.5 min/mp3) ----- It's been over ten years ago, now, that my ex and I were separated, and I flew to Chicago to meet a cyber lover. Dan was a former DJ, charming, arrogant, cocky, and a staunch Republican. We were like gasoline and a match-- the sparks flew....
Like clockwork. You'd think a friggin' PhD in psychology would know how to remedy the situation but somehow it only heightened the intensity. He knew it. He knew it completely. Innocently enough this stupid thing started out as a celebration. We'd been living together for about a year when we noticed our fire had fizzled. Grad school was killing me and his...
With the sun setting in the distance, Katrina waved to her parents through the window of her house. Their car was just leaving the driveway as they embarked on the long road trip to Chicago, where they were going to attend a week-long science convention for work. Katrina didn't know if they could see her, but she felt compelled to do it anyway. Out of the co...
Chaperone? That's what the email request said. Professor York reread the email again. Dear Prof. York, As president of the university honor society I am emailing you to ask your presence as a chaperone for our student organization to attend the national conference of our honor society in Chicago at the end of the spring term in April 24-27. The conference...
Chapter 1 Heath Winterbottom who arrived in New York from northern England in late 1742 left a huge problem for children born with his family name. From Ackley's time and down to present-day generations the females married very early to secure an acceptable change of name. Few of the males experienced ready access to sex because women were not looking to ju...
It was the middle of September when Lauren Blanco's plane touched down in her hometown. She had been gone for 3 years, but to her it felt like just an instant. She looked out onto the tarmac of the familiar Midway International Airport in Chicago, sighed heavily, and thought to herself, "This is it. You're home. No chance to run now." She smiled politely as...
When Vera Starikovich finished her education earning an MBA degree from the University of Chicago (in addition to her BA) she was twenty-four years of age, a certified accountant and more than ready to start having a "real" life. Her first decision though was not congruent to such desired goal. It was also puzzling considering her sound financial state. Her...