The eight students, tipsy and still buzzing from the pulsating loud music they left behind in the night club. The group of three women and five men piled into two different mini cabs outside the club and headed to Kieran's parents house. They had come down from university after their end of term exams to take in the London night life; they had all missed. Ki...
We had been out for something to eat. Nothing fancy, just some fast food. It was still early and we all needed a quieter night. We went back to the apartment, and lazed around with some drinks. It had been a manic few days, with little sleep had by anyone. There were six of us. My friend and her latest guy of the moment, and three of his friends. Lee and I...
Monday. The beginning of a work week. Like many others it's my least favorite day of the week because of how demanding and busy it is. I work in an accounting office and all I ever see is the desk in front of me, my trusty computer terminal, and of course- my paperwork. There is ALWAYS that to depend on. That's a good thing, however, because it means that I...
Sabrina wasn't sure which throbbing she wanted to quite more – the throbbing between her legs or the throbbing in her head. For two consecutive weeks now she had awakened with a vicious headache, which today had progressed in severity. Yet, despite the pounding in her head, she still got jittery between the legs watching that tall dark delicious man pass her...
In an instant, my world went as silent as my own voice. We stood, Jim and I, looking at each other in the garden, while the planets ceased to rotate around us as if they, too, were waiting for this singular issue to resolve into focus. I looked up at my friend, and just above his tear stained face, a silver strand glinted in the golden afternoon light, and...
Sandra's nose for trouble never failed her. It either helped her avoid disaster, or directed her towards something scandalous and fun. She loved her nose. She wasn't feeling love for this girl Kelly, though. Sandra found herself at the end of a precarious email chain, one in which Kelly had said too much. The secret of the group hadn't been given up yet,...
Alice van der Poole loved her boyfriend. Really, she did. Ben was perfectly handsome, perfectly sweet, perfectly... bland. Every kiss was preceded with a gentle, "May I kiss you?" and followed by a whispered, "You're so beautiful." At night, Ben would tell her how precious she was, how delicate and sweet and lovely. His fragile, perfect little rose. Alice wa...
"Our summer trip?" There was a pause while a low-ball glass was brought to the lips for a long sip. After a swallow, a moment of thought, then nod of the head, he continued. "Yeah, you could say it was it was a good one." "Different, perhaps," added his wife, in a sultry manner. She was on the other side of the group, causing every head in the group to s...
It was the early part of June, 2005, when Howard T. Hallowell walked in as Gloria was sweeping the store. He watched for a moment and then said, "Swabbing the floor, huh?" "Deck," Gloria said. "Huh?" "It's a deck, not a floor." Gloria straightened and then added, "and, no, I'm not swabbin' it, I'm sweeping it." Howard chuckled and said, "You know Andy Zi...
Everyone and everything in this story was over eighteen years old at the time of writing. * His wife slept next to him every night. And his wife's cat slept curled up on the end of the bed by her feet. The cat was black, which made a big difference, because each night around 3:00 am the man would wake up in a pleasant daze and listen for a while to his bea...