I sat there staring at the blank page of my diary. The date at the top of the page was April 23 but there was nothing written on the preceding pages. This was a new beginning. I toyed with the opening entry, discarding such trite quotes such as; 'Today is the first day of the rest of my life.', or what about; 'Life is what you make of it.', or 'A pessimist...
I had been with my ex for 5 years when it all went downhill. He said he still loved me but that he just didn't find me attractive anymore. This crushed me. I'm only 28 but if guys are already turned off by me, what chance did I have to find anyone else? I moved out and rented a small flat. After much moping around, my friends convinced me that I needed to g...
"Lift and squeeze. Lift and tuck. Lift and squeeze. Squeeze hold." Darcy moved in and out among her 4:15 pm class, the most sparsely attended of all the days' classes, adjusting positions of already-thin women to make sure they were working the right areas, banishing fat that lived only in their broken minds. There were only five of them in the class, if she...
Chapter 3 More Elizabeth Characters: Victor Thomas: College student, age nineteen Brian Thomas: College student, age eighteen Tuck Tucker: Owns three restaurants, age fifty-five (Franco Touchily) Elizabeth Tucker; The Witch, Tuck's second wife, age Thirty-two Betty: Bookkeeper, petite, meek, age thirty-seven Trudy: Office worker, age twenty. Large eyes ar...
I'd slept with clients before, but it never got this out of hand. As an interior designer, I'm often the pet of a wealthy matron and this case started out no differently. I should stress that I don't seek out these unions, but I'm single and straight and male. Those are my excuses. Take it or leave it. Todd and Karen hired me to fix up a small rental unit...
*I can't tell you what Paradise is like, but I'll know it when I see it* The first moment I realized I was in trouble there was a van door sliding open and a man in a ski mask holding a submachine gun came out at me. The van cut off my forward progress and another car hemmed me in from behind. "Open the door and slide over!" the man yelled at me. That b...
Many thanks to Angel Love for editing this story. Magdalena Boman was a very beautiful girl and most young men in our small town in Scandinavia regarded her as "belle de town." Even she knew that very well and didn't show much interest to those many local "trophy hunters" who did their more or less clever attempts to get into her panties. There was a rumor...
"This is an incredible place" Don said, looking around the living room of Fenton's large suburban house. "You must have it goin' on, Fenton!" Fenton the Felon chuckled. "Remember what Fitzgerald said to Hemingway, Don.. 'The rich are different from us' and Hemingway responded. "Yes, they have more money' I'd offer you a jay, but Tali is a government atto...
Inspired by an annoying TV presenter The man behind a very popular, annual, main channel UK TV series manufactures another episode, to humiliate a very annoying news anchor woman. All names have been changed to acknowledge celebrity status. ***** What could I do to find another successful group of friends, they usually are, to form another choir for my hu...
Chapter 9 - Two conversations The following morning, to the surprise of everyone in the English literature course, "Mr. Know-it-all" sat next to the girl who had pinned him with that nick-name. Of course, the rest of the class and the professor had no way of knowing what had happened between Mike and Ruthie over the weekend and had incorrectly assumed that...