This is a story about how I got back into the swing of things after a life-changing accident. I've been in a wheelchair for more than five years now, after I lost the use of my legs in a skiing accident. I won't get into all the details about the really bad times—when I felt suicidal, when my relationship with my then-girlfriend went sour and finally ended....
Intimidatingly large and fresh off a cross-state journey, the red 18-wheeler rolled down the streets of Little Italy. Proudly bearing a bumper sticker that read "American Road Warrior", the dusty big rig dwarfed ever other car around it. With its huge chrome grill, immense tires, and long trailer, the vehicle was an impressive display of heavy machinery. And...
Chris was already waiting at the chain coffee shop where they had arranged to meet. Jon was running a bit late today. He had woken on Alicia's couch; his daughter was staring down at him with a huge grin, dancing from foot to foot and exclaiming his name. Alicia was trying to get her ready for school, and Alison had already left for the diner. He had offer...
Clutter. My skeletons make for nothing but clutter. I have so many skeletons in my closet, that you might mistake it for a cemetery. The bones buried there are generally hard, and I have touched each one individually, fingered each one languidly. There is no flesh to be found in this fantasy, so sorry Mr. Idol. I have been a slave, a pristine daughter, a v...
As House exited the examination room, he contemplated the disheartening number of obtuse patients he had treated over the years. The number of descending IQs seemed to be rising. Parents who jumped to conclusions the second their little squirt seemed to be showing symptoms of some life-threatening, unlikely condition annoyed the hell out of him. He made a no...
(Copyright 2002 by Musenik. All rights reserved.) I who have stood since the time of the great cedars. Those tall giants, straight and strong, were cut for ships. I who raise my arms like a cripple begging the sun, my skin bursts in spring with scented lips. Come summer, I unfurl lime hearts to cool the earth. I remember her. She was a villager fleeing up...
Aphrodite was fed up. Not only was she the most beautiful and seductive of the Goddesses, born out of the beauty of the seas... but to be married to the most grotesque, homely and unmanly of the Gods! Hephaestus... she sneered her contempt at her absent husband. At the forge again! Oh, to be sure he was muscular enough on top, but with that gimp leg, blacke...
We got to the beer store in about five minutes, just before closing. It was dark outside and tons of cars in the front parking lot. I guess several people were trying to get there beer before closing time, so I was forced to park in the back alley which was the closest spot available. There were a few East Indian guys sitting on the grass of an attached gree...
This is a Earth Day contest story. Please vote. * A man and his dog have an Earth Day tale to tell, but now with a happy ending. This is my dawg, Earth Day. Yeah, I know, she's a little funny lookin', but I love her just the same. Man's best friend, I'm never without my dawg. She goes ev'rywhere I go. "Woof," barked Earth. "She's a good girl. She's a g...
Earth Gatineau Park Dungeon August 12, 2019 17:42 EDT We all looked to Sonja and she shrugged, causing us to all burst in uncontrollable laughter. It was probably the adrenaline wearing off. The rest of us stood up and walked over to the chest. I opened it up to see what loot was in store for us. "You would figure such a large chest would have more stuf...