*The stillness of a pond rarely betrays its depths* (Noxii -- the hurtful ones (Latin); was the term used for Roman gladiators put into the arena without training to die for the crowd's amusement) (The Committee of Public Safety wasn't a committee and didn't keep people safe) (This story is ridiculous -- It would never happen; parents and law enforcement...
*Author's Note: Any persons engaging in any sexual activity are at least eighteen years of age. The chairperson was finishing up the announcements and then introducing her and the knot in her stomach tightened even tighter. She silently prayed to God to help her, to speak through her. "If I can help at least one person here tonight," she prayed. "Then it...
Drew: The Setup I got into this thing kind of in the middle. But then I made it my own, so to speak. At first it was just a rumor being spread around the clubhouse. How the rumor started, I couldn't guess. Swear to God! Kinda. "Did you hear about the contest", I heard one asshole say to another asshole in the locker room. I had gotten out of the shower a...
Three weeks ago, we - my wife Mar and I - attended a family wedding here in town. My niece, Anne Marie, was marrying Lynn Connor, the guy she'd been cohabitating with for the past year, and my brother Mac and sister-in-law Michelle couldn't have been happier. Mac's my oldest brother and is an old fashioned guy, and it bothered both he and Michelle that their...
It was the other Christmas. My alternate Birth day. That one time every human being between the ages of 5-14 could become richer than the dreams of avarice, sitting atop a bounty of booty cackling with glee while he horded his golden slice & savored the wealth while their parents went without -absolutely nil, nada, zilch. An outstretched middle finger to...
This series has been quiescent for awhile but it is back. First, thanks to James L for helping with the edit. I appreciate the help. There is a lot more to this story to come. Hope you enjoy it. If you wish to be included in notifications of future episodes, send me a note with your email and I'll add you to my mailing list. Invest well! -C ***** The day a...
"It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels." - St. Augustine * Mary Ann Kamargian was a rough young woman. She had no use for nonsense or social convention and navigated the world on her own terms. Her family lived in squalor in a rundown house by the lake and she was the de facto mother to her younger brothers,...
A few hours later, my home came into view. I slowed us down and drove around it to give Sosoni a view, and then I pulled up to the driveway and shut down the vehicle. Sosoni was hesitant and awestricken at the sight of the house. I held my hand out to her, telling her it was my home. I pointed to the woods. "Sosoni home," I said, and then I pointed at the...
Part 3. John, Manda. John McCall sat on the low wall overlooking the beach. The island hadn't changed much. He remembered how the sand had been just as dazzlingly white, or how the sky had been as incredibly blue. He even remembered the clump of gnarled trees, close by the sea -- and how, one balmy night, he had made love at their ancient feet. Wherever h...
Part V Chapter 45 'I need time to think, Harry.' 'To think. Time to think.' Her words kept echoing inside his mind as she left the boarding area and walked down the Jetway, getting on a Japan Air Lines 747 bound for Tokyo. He still didn't know what to say, what 'to think.' He didn't even know if he'd lost her or not. The ending she'd crafted was so ambi...