This past spring I decided to drive up to our summer cottage on the lake. I packed cleaning supplies in anticipation of spending the day cleaning and getting the cottage ready for the summer season that was soon to be upon us. My summer place is about two hours drive from the city where I live. The cottage used to belong to my grandpa; when he died a number...
We planned and planned our first meeting. We were going to meet in Myrtle Beach and be together for a week. Jack had a cottage there and it was close to the ocean. The way he described it sounded like a small piece of heaven. He picked me up at the airport and we made our way to the beach. We made small talk, occasionally touching each other. Jack was an ol...
Goldie Lock was a very plain woman with long black hair. Mr and Mrs Lock had named their dark haired daughter Goldie because they were fans of Goldie Hawn, and because they were stupid. Now she was lost in some woods and had just discovered a cottage. Meanwhile, at Palace Street police station, Detective Superintendent Queen showed her crime file to Detecti...
John Doe. Your name sits on the bottom of the contract you have in front of you. The contract which entitles you to full control of the cottage in front of you for the next 96 hours. Right now it's 8 pm on Thursday, which gives you one day to prepare, two days to party, and almost all of Monday to clean up. A shout brings your eyes away from the paper, and...
Meeting after meeting, day after day, God! this job was killing him. He needed a break, get away from the rat race for a while. 'Fat chance' he thought. 'When am I going to find time to look for a holiday, when I can't even find time to have lunch!?' He groaned as his stomach rumbled reminding him that it was 3.30 in the afternoon and he had not eaten since...
In Need of Wood On a cool early September morning, Annmarie started her drive from the city to the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts. She and her husband own a cottage there, small but cozy. She needed to get away and think, as she had caught him fucking his secretary on his desk just two days ago. Lately, he seemed to lose interest in sex, saying the str...
I was in my office late one night, tidying things up and marking some tests when someone knocked on my door. I have been teaching CNC Programming at our local Tech College now for four years. Naturally, I have met an awful lot of people. Some wonderful and some, well, not so wonderful. Many fascinating individuals, more than enough to have collected some wei...
My mind is heavy now. Age and wisdom have taken their toll, age more than the other I think sometimes but it is just as effective for stealing my memories. I wanted to tell you about this, before I forget, or even worse, before I believe it never happened. It was February of 2011, almost ten years since 9-11 and I was alone for the first time in thirty y...
Friends Cottage - A few years back, my husband and I were swingers. Neither of us really knows why it stopped, but it just sort of teetered off and now a few years have gone since we were actively in the lifestyle. We made some great friends and although not actively in the lifestyle, we maintain those friendships to this day. One summer we were invited u...
Xi - Chapter 5 – Frisson Some people tend to have blackouts when they drink too much. Unfortunately, Xi could remember everything. She extracted herself from beneath the sheets and left Sage sleeping softly. She found an extra large T-shirt and stumbled off for the kitchen. Margaritas and loud music. Sure, it was fun at the time. Now, her head felt as tho...