The next morning, I got up and started getting ready for work. Started coffee and Megan walked out. We had a little small talk. I figured that we were both still trying to comprehend what had happened the night before. Nothing was said we just went on about our business. I did my usual morning routine grabbed my boxers and t-shirt and went in to take a showe...
When modern lycanthropy was discovered, my Daddy and I were on the cutting edge of research. We were the first scientists to suggest and implement new methods of discovery, taking risks and chances other scientists wouldn't - and discovering things about the disease no one else could. Within months we already had a temporary cure for testing. It wouldn't rev...
Debbie was making breakfast for her husband and two girls when he walked downstairs with his briefcase. "Smells good!" he said as he sat down at the kitchen table. "So what are your plans for the day?" Debbie's stomach knotted up. Her pulse quickened as she tried to think of an answer. "Oh, I don't know. I was thinking of going to see a friend today. Maybe...
[After "The Ugly Duckling – Epilogue", (the sequel to "The Ugly Duckling"), was published readers were severely split on whether a further chapter was needed to clear up some outstanding questions; (as one reader put it: "An Epilogue to the Epilogue!") A majority wanted another story, with a minority, (but a vocal minority), insisting that everything that ha...
Here I am at age 75, sitting on the cemented porch of our red brick home in the southern hill country of Appalachia. This is where Appalachia and the deep south merged. This is the gentile deep south which only half a century ago was rocked by social unrest, civil disobedience and threats from old south whites and radical blacks. I'm listening to the rising...
I thought it was at John's dinner party when the first seeds of the transformation of our marriage were sown. I was wrong. One of the guests, William, had turned the topic of conversation to his own area of expertise—evolutionary psychology—and had the avid attention of the table. To be fair, he didn't bring it up, he was merely countering the opinion of Joh...
The man who goes his way Overbearing in word and deed Who fears no justice Honors no temples of society May an evil destiny seize him And punish his ill-starred pride It was the beginning of September, summer was ending its slow transformation into fall and school was just starting. While for most teenagers this all seemed one step short of Armageddon,...
As I expected, she was waiting for me when I signed on. I ignored her for 5 minutes while I checked mail and answered those that required it. Finally, I acknowledged her. “How do your breasts feel today?” “Erotically painful Sir. I have been wet all day thinking about last night.” “So a repeat performance would be welcomed?” “Oh yes Sir, I find myself sq...
Hermione Dowager Lady Ashfordly surveyed her domain, life was changed indeed from when she was mistress at Ashfordly House yet not without its compensations, her step daughter Katherine had been promised to fine upstanding Col Hogarth, her other step daughter Rebekah remained with her in Catesby together with the half sister Hope the Late Lord Ashfordleys ba...
Ordinarily, loneliness is not part of her life. But, when it visits, there is nothing else and no one else that can satisfy or distract her. There is one exception… “Hello Stranger! It’s seems like forever since we’ve been together. You’ve been unusually quiet. I’m really missing you! I’m homesick, too. An idea of the two of us together again in New Orlea...