I had been planning this trip for months. It was supposed to have been me and my three best friends from college all getting back together for a week in Colorado hitting the slopes and enjoying the weed...and women. Then Mark got engaged, Davy got the flu, and Brian...well...Brian was always fucking crazy, so it's no real surprise that he just disappeared of...
Well, the story starts off in a Great Plains state. Just about the middle of spring. This time of year is notorious for its spring thunderstorms. We pack our things and leave for a romantic picnic lunch. We drive for about 2 hours arriving in time for the imminent noon-time thunderstorm. We find a remote grass field, and a lone tree. It is a warm, humid day....
Alice and I last weekend decided to do some we haven't done in a long while since we got married: we decided to go out for a fun picnic afternoon. The sky was all bright and blue; over on the radio the weatherman stated that there wouldn't be any sign of rain at least for another day or two. Usually I worked during the weekend as well, but I'd taken a month...
One thing about Mr. Gupta, he knew how to throw a launch party Joel thought as he entered Za Za's, one of the best restaurants in the Denver Tech Center. He knew his wine, always selected the best for these dinners and matched them expertly to the food, then paid for a shuttle bus back to you home because you would be feeling it at the end of the party. It...
Bella had spent the last thirty minutes walking from one end of the alley to the other and still no sign of number sixty nine. The address was very clearly printed on the flyer she had found at the previous night's rave and having gone to the extraordinary bother of getting out of bed early this morning to visit the sweet shop she was rapidly losing her cool...
I met a man from Australia I rambled to my best friend Briana over drinks at our favorite bar, Houlihans a day after I got back. I met him while on my tour of the Netherlands, but I slept with him prior to the tour even starting. My tour was to start Saturday night with a dinner for the whole tour group, but my flight from Chicago to Lisbon, Portugal was de...
Lydia was crouching in a dense clump of underbrush; saltwater pearls dripping from her short auburn curls into her emerald eyes, obscuring her vision. She wiped away the moisture with her dusty jumpsuit sleeve, leaving behind a streak of muddy camouflage. She was breathing heavily, gasping for air after a hard run. She struggled to regain control of her brea...
Those of us who live in the thirtieth century pride ourselves in our rationality and civility. Still, we crave adventure, as humans have always done for untold millennia. For that reason, I put on my jet backpack and hiking boot boosters and trekked to Sirius 265, a well populated world in a nearby stellar system. The star, known simply as the Flame to loca...
Rick and I avoided any kind of drama we feared our kids might put us through if they knew we were seeing each other. In fact, Kellie, by way of Brandon, provided him with all kinds of information about me in order to pull off some unexpected surprises. He bought gold circle tickets to see Diana Krall. He sent me a basketful of candles that I lit all over my...
I remember how interested you were when I told you of the “Toy Party” you had permitted me to attend. You had given me permission to go and to pick up whatever interested me. I did not expect to be told a few weeks later that we would be attending a very special ‘toy party’. After bathing, shaving, applying lotion everywhere; keeping myself smooth and soft...