It was a decision I didn't understand, but one that I would never think to question at that time in my life. Like most any other baseball player I simply shuffled through the dirt and moved from my familiar position at shortstop over to third base. Physically I only moved about thirty feet from my normal spot on the field, but as accustomed as I had grown to...
Catching Colleen Ch. 01 Rounding Third and Heading for Home It was my last game. The wear and tear on my knees caused sharp, nagging pain, and my doctor said stop or live the rest of my life as a cripple. I thought of the ache in my arm, how hard it got to lift that arm as the season and seasons went on--and how I somehow managed to make good throws anyway....
Roshni 05 -- The Train When I first met Roshni I had thought her to be indifferent to, or even proud of, her body hair. But what I had taken to be self-assurance and confidence was actually Roshni's way of managing inner doubts that were quite the opposite. Roshni dealt with her fears by facing them daily. December. Roshni and I had made a trip into the ci...
In life people always like to partake in a little bit of risk. Just enough to feel a rush, but not enough to get caught or noticed. Jamie's encounter with the unknown businessman left her feeling satisfied and enthralled. Her bathroom rendezvous was the appropriate next step in her pursuit to be more daring in life. She not only looked forward to thinking o...
Steve Harvey's journey into darkness began with the simplest of looks. Only later, alone with the truth, would he understand the irony of remembering it as an Innocent glance. A meeting of the eyes between a man who wore his hunger like a Wound and a woman who wore her power like a mask. Just before lunch he decided to take a walk. It had been a wasted morn...
The music was loud; the place packed, yet Melissa was not having a good time. She had come to this club with her husband but less than an hour after they arrived he met a few work buddies and now they were off chatting at the bar leaving her to fend off countless jerks. This was supposed to be their night, a night of drinks, dancing and enjoyment yet so far...
Melehan and Morvith, vile brothers of vile seed, born of the wicked sorceress queen Morgana and her consort, they are as feared as they are famed. One has the gift of murderous cunning, the other gift of being cunningly murderous. Before they were kings they were kin, sent down two separate roads by their mother, one quest for death making, the other for sou...
NOTE: For those of you who have not been following this series, it's about 24 main characters that are all news anchors. They are doing video shoots and using select pictures in the shoot for two calendars. One calendar is of single and married anchors. The second calendar is of MILFS. The proceeds are going to their selected charities and each anchor gets t...
My name is Dr. Erica Beaumar and I would like to share a life-changing experience from two years ago. I am now thirty-seven, a family physician living and practicing in Claremont, CA. I am divorced and a mother of three. I have what one would call a light-hearted, open personality, though I take my responsibilities very seriously and work very hard. From the...
Author's Note: I had originally planned on submitting this story to the Love the Ones You're With story contest, but life happened and I didn't finish it in time. But here we finally are: the story has been finished! Many thanks to 29wordsforsnow, Anahiya, and YDB95 for your beta-reading/editing efforts. The story is so much better for your insights and I'm...