Charlie allowed the wind to swing the stern of the boat into line with the mooring. As it neared the required line, she engaged reverse and powered the boat backwards into the vacant space. The Young Man secured the rope around the forward cleat, letting it slip as she reversed the boat. When she was about fifteen feet from the jetty, he tied the line tightl...
"Twenty below with the wind-chill," announced the weather reporter on the local PBS radio station. "A perfect day for a funeral in Chicago," Ed thought wryly, as he gazed from the darkness of the window in the second story brownstone. His cold blue eyes noting how the snow fell upon the dimly lit brick street, as the ancient barren Oaks stood watch. Compac...
Susanna Cox was sitting at her computer when her friend Stephanie Beasley came over. "Sorry, I didn't get back to you last night, Susie. Had a night out with an old friend from High School." Susie swivelled around and looked at her friend. "There's something different about you today, Steffie." "Different?" A worried look crossed her face. There were a cou...
To really enjoy this story, I suggest that the reader first peruse Chapter 1. * "That's better, pussy. You are now totally in my power and I will do with you whatever I will. I am now going to turn you, and you will put up no resistance. If you do, I promise that you will regret it. Do you understand?" "Yes." Another slap, this time harder. " 'Yes, Mist...
Ch. 6 – Cabo San Lucas Cabo is the most beautiful stop on the cruise with its awesome rock structures, hills, and greenery. I often come down there to stay with friends who keep condos or boats there. One problem with stopping at Cabo is that the harbor is too shallow to actually dock, so you have to wait in line to get on a shuttle boat. This trip I didn'...
Once out of the bar we were probably safe from immediate trouble. I didn’t figure that the bartender was going to call the cops on us. Half the stuff that went on in that joint was illegal so he wasn’t going to want to call attention to his establishment by bringing the authorities in. It wasn’t one of the paying customers that had been injured. It was only...
Disclaimer: While this story does contain truthful tidbits, it does not necessarily reflect the actual happenings of the Voodoo, Hoodoo, Voudun, Santeria, Yoruba or Ifa religions. For more information on this, or for a book list, please contact the author. ************ The large room was filled with curiosities. On the dirty walls hung all manor of memora...
Wendy and I have always enjoyed wine but we really did not know much about pairing the grape with food and we wanted to learn the different aromas and tastes of the many varietals. We decided to sign up for a local wine group that has meetings on Wednesday's to learn more about the liquid we love so well. Wednesday rolled around and we were off to our first...
I had been in a fundamentalist church for fifteen years. I played by all the rules, looked like Clark Kent and now I was kicked to the curb by Interpolitical Nepotism. I lost my position with the church that I had built up so remarkable in the last five years. I was floored when my wife, Jan, said she wanted to stay in the church that double crossed her hu...
An old joke retold. Shuttlepilot inspired this farrago, but you can blame me for all of it. "Mother-fucker!" The pencil slammed into the glass panel of the office wall, point-first. It fell, rapidly joining its brethren on the floor. No problem, Kali had a lot more pencils. Although all her work was done on the computer, she still ordered pencils by the ca...