A Somewhat Less Than Divine Comedy Driftwood: A Prelude to the Evening 'Let me to take you down -- 'Cause I'm going to strawberry fields' Lennon/McCartney Rogues Bay, Tortola, BVI Today There were a few low clouds scudding over the far horizon, yet all-in-all the day's weather was looking good -- better than good, really, especially for the time of...
Note: This is NOT a new story. I have broken up the story previously published as "My Niece and I Go on Vacation" into two parts. This is the first part, prior to the vacation actually starting. * As I left my brother's place, pressed on the accelerator and headed back towards my own place, I pulled out my cell phone and called Tanya's number. She answered...
A few weeks I posted this story, in two parts, into the "Celebrity" category using names of personalities that you may recognize. The title of the stories is "The Anchorwoman, the Meteorologist & her Son." If you want to see who these personalities are click on my name on this story and you will find the story. I wanted more people to read the story so I ha...
Authors Note: My editor, Nonethewiser, was unable to help me edit this story. He plays a key role in the development of my characters, as well as catches any grammar and spelling mistakes that I make. He was sorely missed. I wanted to thank commenters like Lordslamdawgg, FD45, The Unoriginalist, Harddaysknight, Swingerjoe, and Luedon. Many may disagree o...
Chapter 29 Picking up where I left off... I enrolled at the University of Cincinnati, and walked on to the football team, made it, and became the fourth string quarterback. I was second string before graduating, but nothing ever came of what might have been a noteworthy career. I left baseball behind for good. While not a really well-known school, the U...
Ring! Ring! "Why is it that the phone rings just as I'm going out the door?" I thought, as I closed the door, put down my wife's school papers, and picked up the phone. "Hello?" I said as cheerfully as I could. "Hello? Mr. Riley? This is Lisa... Lisa Brown," said a small, shy voice. Lisa is one of my wife's former students. "Hello, Lisa!" I said. "How ar...
This is actually a Romance, you may not think it is from the beginning but I needed to set the tone and history as vividly as I could. The woman does get the man in the end so it's a Romance. ***** Like most people I believed, truly believed I had the best marriage. Beth and I grew up across the street from each other, we walked to school and then high sch...
[Back in 2013-14, I wrote a series of stories based on an international spy agency full of women who were prone to losing their clothing. I had to take a break due to personal reasons. This is my attempt to kickstart things off again. Dress Off 0 follows on from the events in the flashback in Dress Off 4. Tanya Munro and Sarah Lowell, having escaped from Eli...
Sorry for the delay. I went down a long blind alley, and had to back up and go in a different direction. Thanks for all the constructive criticism, and to those of you who wrote to encourage me. I appreciate it. If you didn't like it the last time, you probably won't like this any more, so you should probably save yourself the time and aggravation. A fina...
Chapter 25 -- The Lady of Chaos, the Demon Web Pits and Memories Best Forgotten Natalie bled from her fingers and toes where her nails had been pulled out and she whimpered and cried and gave another scream when Talshal walked to her with a whip in her hand. As the priestess raised her hand Natalie closed her eyes to await the blow but it never came and she...