By the time we arrived at the Norman Manly International Airport in Kingston it was early evening and already dark, but when we stepped outside the air-conditioned airport we knew we had arrived somewhere deliciously warm compared to the city we had just come from. The sweet tropical scent of frangipani and jasmine was heavy in the air, along with the chirru...
This story takes place three weeks after "The Day Before The Day." "She keeps Moët et Chandon In her pretty cabinet. 'Let them eat cake, ' she says, just like Marie Antoinette. A built-in remedy for Khrushchev and Kennedy. At any time an invitation you can't decline." -Queen, "Killer Queen" The Sun shone through the open balcony doors into the bedroom of t...
Dear Dirty Diary, My darling husband returned today after his five day, late September fishing trip to Schooner Lake. After thorough questioning it turned out he'd gotten a little apprehensive being all alone up there amongst the wailing loons and spirits of dead Algonquin Indians. He swears there's some kind of energy around the fire pit on the island that...
Planetary Solar Power Plant, Nevada Dessert Davis ran for his life. He was stuck in the middle of the desert, but any place was better than staying here. A cling on the metal grate behind him causes his heart to beat even harder. I'm not going to make it. His mind screams for his legs to run faster. He'd never seen anything like it, except in maybe in the...
This story is set in the Soviet Union, beginning in the Communist era, when two women tourists decide to ignore the rules on export of restricted items. There are consequences for both, for one humiliating and the other highly inconvenient. The story involves a sequel, when there is a return to scene at a later time. * * * * * Chapter 1 Alone at Last I...
Dear journal, The anticipation of our first meeting in real life. I am driving to the airport my excitement is building the closer I get. I turn into the parking area after driving through rush hour traffic. I find a spot, park grab my bag checking one more time to be sure I have everything I need for my trip. I walk to the terminal, find a check in kiosk...
There are benefits to being master and commander of one's own domain. My land, Slavinia, is vast and I have conquered every resisting power for over 1000 miles. Because of this feat, few would argue with any command I were to give. Such power has certainly given me a strong sense of entitlement. If I have a desire I receive that desire and those who are inst...
Chapter 1: When Fortune Shapes Fate It's a hot summer day in India, but there is no happiness in Monee's family, the crop is failing due to a terrible drought that swept through southern India, and to make things worse, her husband who has been working in the city as a construction worker in order to support Monee's family died in an accident. Monee's fam...
As Linda and I continued going to Good time Charlie's she got to liking it more and more and getting wilder and wilder when she was there. When her birthday was coming up she told me she wanted to go there for a really wild time. When Saturday night came around we had a quick dinner at home and then got ready to go out. Much to my surprise she stripped to...
It was an ordinary drinking night in the infamous Muleshoe Salloon, West Texas. All the regular biker rednecks were here: Joe Bob, and Jack the Crook, and of course Bubba and his brothers, Sam and Sonny. Real scum, they were. Woe unto whoever got on their bad side. It was just after midnight when a strange, muffled engine sound shook the entire salloon, as...