She tried the dress on for the fifteenth time that month, and once again hoped that this time she'd feel different. As she stared into the full length mirror that had been moved into her room, she noticed how the whiteness of the dress seemed so much brighter against her pale skin. How her red hair and blue eyes seemed that much more pronounced by the additi...
Sheeeit!! This was going to hurt. The thought flew through my mind as I struggled for control. I stared out of the screen as the ship hurtled its way through the stratosphere on a sure fire collision course with this world. I knew that I was so far off the beaten stellar highway that I was going to be the proverbial Robinson Crusoe, marooned in space. I fo...
This chapter is not meant to stand alone. Please begin at the first chapter to fully appreciate this tale. Thursday, November 8 The sun was just peeping through the edge of the curtain that covered the eastern window of our bedroom. I groggily opened one eye as I rolled over against a warm and nude body. We began to lightly caress each other when she ask...
A Month in the Heart of the Country Chapter 4 We woke late the next morning, or rather I did, to find Grace sleeping next to me. I spent a long time staring at her smooth face, which looked very serious when she was asleep, and it was only when I decided that she wasn't going to wake up for a while that I closed my eyes, whereupon I heard her murmur "Hey, s...
"Oh please, daddy. Can we go. It would be so much fun. Besides, it would do you good to get out. You never leave the house." I was listening to Bobbie, short for Roberta, my thirteen year old daughter beg me to take her on a cruise. You know the one, with all cartoon characters as the theme. I thought about what she said about me never leaving the house. I...
A big 'Thank You' to Mr. Wolf for his editing and making this a much better read. Each year, Earth Day marks the anniversary of what many consider the birth of the modern environmental movement. Earth Day 1970 capitalized on the emerging consciousness, channeling the energy of the anti-war protest movement and putting environmental concerns front and center...
Act Six: Second Helpings * * * * Intermezzi Tomoe Exposition walks into the sterile white plane. The click-clacking of her heels echoes. Soon she finds a worn, maroon leather recliner chair next to a counterfeit Tiffany floor lamp. "Wow. A Matrix reference. Why am I not surprised." She sits in the lounger, taking care to cross her legs and smooth her bla...
Act Three: There's Always Room Chapter Four: Ask Me to Enter "…God damn, woman," Yves was crying out, "how do you always do that?" The morning sun threw strange shadows in the doorway. Ursula shrugged, opened the door wide and stepped aside. "Come into my parlor." "Very funny," Yves grumbled, crossing the threshold and barging into Ursula's living room. "...
Tracy was incredibly lucky. Escaping the fire from the sixth story of her apartment building would have been enough. A combination of careful planning, fortunate necessity, and simple good luck left her better off following the disaster than she'd ever hoped to dream of, prior to the fire. It was a coincidental meeting with a stranger at the storage buildi...
The bar was loud and crowded, not that Mickie minded. She had just completed a successful Trish teasing addition of Monday night RAW and she was out to celebrate her inevitable victory over the blonde women's champion. She had spent hours dancing and drinking, but now she is in the mood to go home... but not alone. Scanning the bar, Mickie weighed up the op...