The Lemanns: Jeff and Wendy Lemann had been married for nine years. Both were 33 years old and both had worked for the same corporation, Hamilton Electronics, for the last eight years. Although employed by the same firm, their job responsibilities were very different, and consequently, they worked in different divisions of the firm. Jeff was the vice-presid...
Martha Henderson, known to her friends as Marti, was sitting at her desk blankly staring at the stack of papers sitting in front of her. Without looking at a single one, she immediately knew what they were. They were the reason that she would sit at home alone over another weekend. They were the reason she got her relatively decent paycheck every month. They...
My thanks to NaughtyAngel1369 for al her help with this story. The story is set in the 1960s when things were a lot different. It reads a lot better following her assistance. I hope you enjoy it. Chapter 1 - A Working Man's Tale My given name is Charles or Charlie Givens, but due to circumstances I have been nicknamed Gimpy for so many years now that I re...
Author Notes: This story was originally written under my pen name Muffinstuffer. I have stopped using that name for ethical reasons. Also, this fantasy story has been completely revised, rewritten and resubmitted for publication. ~~~~~ Hello: Let me introduce myself. I am a fit senior citizen who lives in a senior citizen community. I have infinite resourc...
*** Author's Note: This is not a new story or a re-write. I realized that when I posted this story the italics and bolds were removed. I am reposting it because I feel that removing these marks takes away from the feel of the story. Again please vote and feel free to leave a comment. *** The Ad: Amy Beijar nudged the door shut with her foot as she rifled t...
**All characters are age 18 or older.** The Desperians were creatures that, in their natural form, strongly resembled octopuses. Terran octopuses had one eye and eight arms. Desperians had one eye also, but they could vary their number of arms (or tentacles), as needed. And not only the number, but also the form and function could be varied to suit the job...
**This article is for internal use only. Not for release outside the Institute, except as required by law.** My Interview with the Professor by Stephanie Weingarten The first notes I have are from my walk-in to her Fabrics and Materials class. My visitor's tag was waiting, and I was soon wandering the elegant but functional halls. As befit (I have to avo...
16 The Avenger is about to strike. Not for the Avenger the skin tight outfit with underwear on the outside, designed to show the world at large and in particular the female population, everything that he had to offer, instead the Avenger looked for all the world like a Stock Broker, in a dark suit and neatly trimmed beard and hair, and as such was able to...
Chapter 6 Jake Hill and Alan Marshall were nice guys. Jake was an intern doing rotations at the hospital. Jasmine admitted to flirting with him because he constantly walked past her workstation. He was about six foot, serious about medicine, and somehow surviving his first year as an intern. He'd been on crew in his undergrad, an activity that made him what...
Author's Notes: Welcome back to my story, my faithful readers! Thanks for hanging with me, and especially to all of you who have taken the time to comment or send me feedback messages. They're greatly appreciated. Like always, if you haven't read the previous chapters, you're going to get lost. I don't make much of an effort to explain references to earl...