There are three main characters, Midori the painter, Mitchell her husband and Nat, who was Midori's boyfriend briefly in the past. Ancillary characters include Hiroko, who translated this, and Mitchell's friend Peter, his brother Thomas and Silvia, the woman in Nat's life. His brother Nick figures prominently but is for the time being off-stage. Other charac...
The week after Mrs. Jennifer Simpson moved into the house with me was a huge adjustment. I was utterly unaccustomed to having someone living with me. All of my life I had privilege and the isolation such wealth could bring and some in spite of it. In my majority, I sought solitude in my private life because I was in such constant demand in my public life. I...
San Antonio, 7:30 AM, Thursday Kit woke to a gentle tapping on his door and a feminine voice saying, "Senor Keet, Senor Keet, Senora Sofia says you get dressed for breakfast now. Senor Keet, can you hear me?" The tapping continued and the voice repeated itself. "Yes, I hear you. I'm awake. I'll be in when I get dressed. Thank you. Go away." Kit rolled ov...
This story is a work of fiction even though parts of it were inspired by real-life incidents. Any similarity to real people, living or dead, is coincidental. All the characters are 18 years of age or older. Do not read this story if it is illegal to read about explicit sex where you live. Edited by H.S. ***** I followed my usual routine at the gym. Durin...
Background: Please read the first two installments before reading Chapter 3. Chapter 3 will have a lot more meaning if you do! Courtesy Notice: After some rather strong reactions to Chapter 1 and 2, I feel compelled to advise everyone that this story is about two married people being unfaithful. If you have a strong aversion to this topic, please consider n...
Julie arrived at work late, but, much to her relief, no one seemed to have noticed. She jumped into the mountain waiting in her in bin, glad to have something to keep her mind off of Greg. God! This morning had been fabulous! She had to keep tonight out of her head or she'd never get anything done today! A little before lunch time, she called Gary. "Hey, h...
Just a whimsical quickie for the few who appreciated my last oxymoronic non sequitur... (All fiction. Never knew anyone like these characters. All countries described are fictional. Surely you can't believe a constitutional republic called the United States of America ever existed. No one with flickering intelligence would bother imagining the extant 21st C...
Authors note: This story is based two new characters that have similar names as some of my other characters. Enjoy! My wife and I met Jack and Diane at square dancing lessons. I'm not exactly sure what started the friendship between my wife Nancy and Diane, but I was pretty sure that the initial attraction for me was watching Diane's rather large br...
This is a continuation of the "Heart Shaped" series: a reader requested a story about Charlie in his old age. An alternate title could be: "The Lion's Last Roar." The base relationships and local topography are from the previous three stories. Without a full scorecard, most of Charlie's children belong to his long time love Mallory; Robert and Emily are with...
A great banner fluttered in the smoky battlefield, a black crescent moon with a rich violet backdrop marking its heraldry. Accompanying the sound of billowing cloth, was also the crackle of fire and the cries of the dying. War had come to Camelot. Morgana strut among the dead, back to her command tent as her warriors went about burning the dead and dying. T...