DECEMBER Monday "Aren't you late for your panel?" I asked my wife. "What panel?" "Mothers Against Drunk Driving victim impact panel." "I'm not going. What's it going to accomplish?" "You've been going ever since Cynthia was killed." "She's still dead, and the woman who killed her is living happily ever after." "Victim impact panels keep peopl...
This is a flash story. It's a one off and everything you need to know is in it. ***** Larry's final gift to his wife People are very different. As I am in my 6th decade (Holy Shit Batman! How the fuck did that happen?) Other boomers and I have begun to deal with mortality issues. (For now forget about Viet Nam and that draft. If you weren't affected by it...
I have never regretted taking a job as judge at the Lower Slavery Court. Before that, I had worked for three years at the Administrative Court and I really didn't miss the sheer boredom there. Slave court wasn't exactly a surefire ramp to career and promotion, but pay as a full judge is anyway more than decent and I saw the move as quite justified by quality...
It was now three months since Peter Blake had moved into his new flat. He had done a lot of work and had it the way he wanted. The views were superb overlooking the seafront. He was now twenty-eight and had been offered a partnership in a large local firm. He was enjoying his new life. He had so much time for himself. He lived in a block of flats with twelve...
Jack, sat at his usual table for his morning coffee, he was a creature of habit, last week he had reserved the table for eleven, every morning, Monday to Friday. He was glad that he had booked it this morning as the place was bustling. Jack enjoyed his morning coffee here as the coffee was excellent, and the staff were attentive. The cafe was in a town, th...
Dear Daddy, Almost 45 years ago, I was born. You were already a dad. You had my older sisters. But something between you and I bonded. And over the years it strengthened. It wasn't easy for you, I know. After me, you had my brother and my baby sister. We all grew and had to be clothed and fed. Momma was the definition of homemaker. She cooked and cleaned a...
Hi. I'm Joe. Up till now you've only known me through my work here, but now, after sixteen years on the site (almost to the day), I feel it's time to introduce myself to you properly. I'm just an ordinary guy really: I like to be cool in the summer, and warm in the winter. I guess I'm just unlucky: My bills would be a lot lower if it were the other way arou...
Beth and I had just gotten our drinks from the open bar at her regional manager's house. There must have been 70 people there, welcoming back Beth's old boss. He had been transferred out of this region 5 years ago and was now back as a district manager. He would now be working in Beth's office again, one step over Beth's current boss, Jim Spier. I had alwa...
My name is Anthony and I am a Certified Nurse's Aid (CNA) at a nursing home located central New York. My usual shift is the grave hard shift but I'll sometimes work during the day when another CNA calls out. We are often short staffed which is the case in most nursing homes. Not many want to do this job and for so little pay. Residents range in age from 60...
While Japanese literature in the late twentieth century did not produce the Angry Young Man phenomenon, nor did it go through a beat or even psychedelic phase like American fiction, a group of Japanese writers have gained fame though questioning the materialism of society and considering some alternatives to the status quo in Japan. Two of the best known of...