They say that turnaround is fair play and that the best revenge is to live well and let the person you want revenge on know that you are. Well this story is about a woman who never really loved her husband but stayed with him for safety and security. Marylou was 32 years old and her husband was 36. Her friends called her ML. She was nearly 6 foot tall and...
It was going to be a great November/December vacation. My husband Bob and I were arranging a three-week trip to Hawaii not including weekend stopovers in San Francisco on the way over and back to break up the long flights. I'm Jane and we are both twenty- nine and have been talking about this vacation for what seemed forever. We never did have a honeymoon so...
Chapter One: Young lovers meet the Spirit of Halloween Past SILVERTON, NEVADA: Barbara hurried to her hall locker to trade her algebra book for her economics text; they only had 5 minutes between classes. Her best friend Gina was already there waiting for her. "Well?" Gina asked. "My folks said yes," Barbara answered with a small, wicked smile. "This is g...
Chapter 2 UPS and Downs Sensations ran through her as she slept. Familiar and unfamiliar. All of them more than welcome. Then she heard a voice close by. A male voice, harsh and unwelcome in her little bubble of comfort. Wondering who on earth it was, Sarah jerked awake. "...I'm sorry ma'am but there's nothing I can do. You fled the scene of a crime," the...
Breathe in atmosphere, tinted stark with asphalt, gravel, dust, and dreams. Then tell me not. Dance with the beat of footsteps, to streetlight stroboscopes. Then tell me not. Tune to the city, hear her sing. Then tell me you can not feel, can not taste life on the tip of your horizon. Tell me, you can not taste the tears, the shiver down her spine. That...
Editorial and editorial support staff of My Magazine began arriving up to an hour early the next morning in a panic, wondering how on earth they could get the second magazine out much quicker than scheduled. "Don't worry, it's all taken care of," Jenni soothed as staff arrived for the scheduled meeting at 8:30. Rhonda dashed in late appearing agitated. She...
The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few - Vulcan Proverb The rest of the evening was uneventful. We had our bath at the river and socialized with a few other Ishtan that we met there. I was treated with respect and there was no drama of any kind. After our mutual bathing session we headed back to the tent. There were several fights after Imma an...
It was another St. Louis summer. Sport could only be played in the morning or evening, the day was spent drinking ice tea and searching for shade, and the nights were hot and muggy. Becky lived in a little house on the edge of the city. Her parents ran a chain of restaurants- mainly burger joints and the like. They were wealthy but didn't splash out too much...
The Greek sun beat down on the Mediterranean shore as I cast my eyes along the beach. The temperature had passed 40 degrees Centigrade and the place was a furnace. There was no wind to speak of and many people who had ventured from the hotel shade were seeking refuge from the heat in the sea. It was a small resort with just a small number of hotels and resta...
Malaya had been eighteen years old at the time she had lived with her older sister near a beach resort on an island in the Philippines. It was during the peek season and Malaya, who loved to walk along the beaches, also liked to walk by the beach resort, just to see the tourist that had come to visit her country, but she mostly liked to see the foreign men,...