Albert woke when a bright knife of light sliced through a gap in the curtains and shined on his face. After a quick stop in the bathroom, he climbed back into bed marveling at the luxury of being able to pee in a heated bathroom. Once back in bed, he reached over and ran his hand lightly over Marianne's breast. He watched her as she opened her eyes, noticed...
The morning after Christmas was glorious. There was a light dusting of snow covering almost everything in the alley, giving the normally grimy place a pure and pristine appearance. Heat from the vent off the dry cleaners kept Albert's and Marianne's shelter free of snow, but their cardboard roof had become saturated from the melting snow and they had to care...
Gina's eyes caught Sue's hate-filled glare as Sue stepped out of her car. She looked strung out and Gina wondered did she cause this accident today by having sex with Sue? Gina felt an arm on hers, she looked up to see her sister Deanna standing next to her. "What happened to Mary?" She asked Gina looking at her long time friend laying in the road. "It was...
The first day I arrived in Los Angeles was one of the worst in my life. I stepped off of the plane sweating an entire night of booze and cocaine in the spiteful California heat aging and alone again. I stumbled into the terminal to find my luggage but more importantly a bar. The former was right there but the latter was a few blocks down. I was too much of...
It's the year twenty fifty two. Nobody talks about how we're living in the future. We're just in it and bored. There still aren't flying cars. There are cheap self driving taxis, but the traffic makes them pointless. The city is overpopulated. Mass transit is the only way to get around. The subway system is privatized now though. Everything is owned by corpo...
Chapter 1: Attack of the Catgirl. Erin could not have foreseen how her day would end nor how her life would change so drastically. It was Friday night and she was letting her hair down, metaphorically at the Club. The Yard was a New York fetish club catering mostly to the S&M and Goth crowds, though they did occasionally have a swingers night about once a m...
I've never been beautiful. Some people have called me so sometimes. But I know they were only being nice. I know I'm not beautiful. Not ugly either, just not pretty, you know? Not someone people would stop to look at. Sometimes, when I dress up nicely and cover my face, I feel pretty. But deep down, I know I'm not. I have slightly flabby arms and my skin is...
He had not heard from her in weeks. Not since New York and the ensuing phone call. It had actually been days but the time passed like mud through and hour glass between contacts. The silence was deafening. He could not know if she decided it was over or if she wanted more. He wanted to call her every day, but had resigned himself to this safer way of stayin...
Jack called Michelle early to ask how the refrigerator was stocked and if anything else was needed so a friend coming in from out of town could occupy the executive suite for a week or so. "Yes, Mr. Pond, it's all set. The concierge expects you and turned the heat on last night. Do you need a car today?" "Yes, I do, around 9, and I'll need it all day. Can...
Myths aren't called myths for nothing. They were invented to explain the unexplainable. Generation upon generation retold them, reread them and tried to understand them. But myths aren't meant to be understood; not in the logical way we love to think nowadays. Myths are metaphors. And at their cores we find our timeless selves, our virtues and our vices,...