I've leveraged the Hemingway canon for a few of my stories. And A Farewell to Arms is the only one left now. That is the definitive war novel; as iconic as The Red Badge of Courage. I was hesitant to try to cover it because we don't fight wars like that anymore. But my pal Richard Gerald talked me into at least looking at it. And in the end I saw that the...
PART TWO ***** Moving On ***** In the morning I was sitting at my desk when Hanratty came in. "Did somebody shoot your dog?" Hanratty asked. "What?" "You look kind of down this morning," he said. "Just thought that maybe someone shot your dog or something." I really didn't want to talk about my problem but I knew I couldn't keep it a secret, not from...
[This is a story about making the best of circumstances that seem to come to us. It includes sex between a man and a woman, two women, a man and two women but no anal. It is about loving more than one person. It includes a bit of incest, a little violence and an automobile accident. No cheating wives, no cheating husbands, and no pets. Please enjoy and then...
Her neck and hair smelled spicy and warm, and I moved my nose up over her ear to whisper to her, "I am getting a little buzz, are you?" She nodded and her body for a moment melted against mine as she sat on my lap, and her face came round to let her lips meet mine. The kiss was slow and almost timid, as she took on board the new sensations that the hash lac...
I was 18 years old and had still never even been kissed. It was somewhat odd though because I was in no way a nerd or was in no way socially awkward. In terms of looks, I was not displeasing to the eye, although I was shorter than average, which did not bode well for me in the complexities of female desire. Still, the lack of sexual interaction probably came...
James Ross was sitting at his desk drinking his first cup of morning coffee. He was staring out his window instead of going through his inbox for the first time like he would normally have done. Normally by this time of morning he would have finished his perusal of the overnight deliveries and made some phone calls to subordinates but his heart just was not...
**All characters are age 18 or older.** The Desperians were creatures that, in their natural form, strongly resembled octopuses. Terran octopuses had one eye and eight arms. Desperians had one eye also, but they could vary their number of arms (or tentacles), as needed. And not only the number, but also the form and function could be varied to suit the job...
Dear reader: It is with great pleasure I complete this writing. It's been a learning experience and your comments are well appreciated. I've already started thinking of my next story and hope to begin writing soon. Warm regards, SHPTCHR. ***** Chapter 17: Christmas at the Ranch When Sam and Dan returned to Texas from California, they are now much closer....
It was on the final day of the conference that I drank too much with my 'conference friend', Liesel. We were both aged in our forties, with careers in workplace health and safety, and we'd found ourselves at a three day event in a tiny beach town in North Queensland partially out of a desire to increase our professional knowledge, and largely out of a desire...
There was tension in the Hofstadter household after the botched threesome with Raj. A few evenings later, Leonard and Penny had Amy & Sheldon over for dinner. As Amy and Leonard set the table in the living room, Penny brought the wine and glasses over, "Leonard, if you're not busy tomorrow, I have to do a little reception after work." He looked up at her, b...