This is a work of fiction and any resemblance to any real person is just proof there is a pattern to randomness in the universe. All characters are eighteen years and older. Suzanne lay in bed beside her husband. She rolled over. "I'm worried, Bill." Bill wasn't asleep, and he opened his eyes. "What? Worried? What are you worried about?" "Jessi and Ryan,"...
I've never submitted a story in the Loving Wives category, and I'm doing so now with great trepidation. Frankly, the commentators in this section are brutal. Many, though, are very insightful and offer genuinely thoughtful comments about writing style, character development, and the like. My only complaint with this category is that much of the basic plot li...
**** -- CHAPTER 5: Malibu -- **** *-- JUNE, MANHATTAN, NEW YORK --* I'd come back to America for a reason, and that reason was to put my old life back together. I knew I wasn't ready to see Taylor just yet, so a trip to Malibu would have to wait a little while. In the meantime, reconnecting with Ashlyn and Joey was priority number one. At the same time,...
Chapter 31: The Cure I woke up with Lachesis on one side and Marge on the other. Clotho and Atropos had vanished again. Marge got up and started rummaging around in the kitchen. I hadn't noticed until now that there was a kitchen here, we must have camped in what once was a staff lunch room. I got up and went for a piss. When I returned the makeshift...
The good news, Randi called! The bad news, I had to come up with a story. At that point, the idea fairy whispered in my ear, "Just dance with the themes that brung you." So, I rounded-up the usual suspects; anti-social nerds, smart women, big dogs, sailboats, and tropical sunshine. I garnished them with a pinch of infidelity and added a dash of romance, and...
"How many secrets can one person live with, before the secret impact on their life?" This was a question that Dan had asked himself more times than he cared to remember, although it wasn't what he was thinking this particular morning as he settled down for his usual cup of coffee while he read his morning paper. Dan heard a noise and looked up from his pape...
CHAPTER 1 Zane Maddox knew his publishing editor was getting her own back, the bitch. They'd had a couple of big rows because he was late sending in final chapters... 'Dragging his ball and chain,' she'd vented. Apparently no other author had been courageous enough to call her a 'Loopy New York lesbo gone loco'. She'd screamed back abuse, quite the most d...
EDITOR: MIRIAM BELLE CREATIVE CONSULTANTS: MIRIAM BELLE & SIMPLY_CYN * "EMERALD EYES, CRIMSON MOON" *** It wasn't until he came back from taking the longest piss of his life that David Carson noticed his son was nowhere in sight. He listened for a minute, straining to here the slightest twig break or rustling of a bush. The forest was quiet and strang...
Life was good; I had fun with my children, I was reasonably secure financially, enjoyed my job at the school, and I suddenly had a far more interesting relaxation technique to 'deal with stress'. I had a reasonable social life based around lots of friends, many of which I'd got custody of after the break up -- which again I think says as much about Parker a...
Nick grabbed his keys before he'd even finished chewing the last bite of breakfast. His phone lit up with another alert and he smiled. "Geez, hang on, I'm on my way," he remarked. He loved when Kate's desire fueled such impatience. She'd even sent him the always-sexy peach emoji three times in a row. He replied with an eggplant and water droplets. By the ti...