Warning: This story contains graphic scenes depicting humiliation and pain. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, merchandise, companies, events and incidents are either the products of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coinciden...
My life had changed a lot over the past two years. A new job, a new city, and a new romantic interest, were only three of the many transitions I'd made. Claire, was the only girl I'd dated in college. We'd been deeply in love. We shared an off-campus apartment for over five years, saving us both money, and providing the security of having someone we loved...
This story is part of a continuation of my Road Trip series (see the end of 'Road Trip -- California' for a list of the chapters of that series, in order to be read). You need not read that series to enjoy this series. Although real places and celebrity names are used for realism, this story is fiction. Please 'read, enjoy, vote, and comment.' Synopsis of T...
A fly landed on the edge of the papers. Leaning forward Claire brushed it away before returning her attention to the note in her other hand. In just over two weeks the new school year would begin which, for Claire, presented the first major challenge in her fledgling teaching career. She was aware that at twenty-two years old she was still a young teacher bu...
My life had changed a lot over the past two years. A new job, a new city, and a new romantic interest, were only three of the many transitions I had made. Claire, was the only girl I had dated through college. Deeply in love, we'd shared an off-campus apartment throughout our academic years. It saved us a lot of money, and filled our hearts with the securi...
CHAPTER 1: A Trance Encounter Kate scribbled through her paperwork like she was trying to fail a test. She anxiously tapped her foot on the hardwood floor and flipped through page after page, jotting down all of the required of initials. Claire admired Kate's headshot on her driver's license. Her full name was Katherine Ann Thompson and she was a petite bl...
There is a dark truth to our modern lives, one that is at times both terrifying and at others: one's only glimmer of hope. The carousel never stops turning. No, it simply goes -- around and around, with days passing by in a blink, with eyes that close to sleep, opening to wake in what feels like an instant. Clock in, clock out. Return. Repeat. It is a ma...
Arriving at Mother Mary's office, poor Sister Claire had assumed that she was in trouble. Weeks had passed since the sex party with Father Filippo, Mr Watson and the head of her holy order. She was sure she must have done something wrong. Even Father John, who she'd seen as a friend as well as a member of the secret group, had seemed to be avoiding her. Clai...
This story combines three of my favourite themes in one tale. I leave it for you to discover what those themes are -- but it shouldn't be difficult to guess! It is most definitely just a story but has a certain resonance with incidents in my own past. I have kept it from the male viewpoint because it works better that way and of course most of my audience i...
Life went mostly back to normal after that. I worked, I hung out with Marco, I occasionally met up with some buddies, and every other day or so, I would run into Claire. Usually it would be in the parking lot or at the mailboxes. Our interactions were polite and neighborly, but nothing too friendly. We never stopped to talk other than to say a quick hello....