In the Spring of 2005 Erin and I bought the house next door. This left us in the position to rent out the house to anyone we believed would be stable renters. After doing some major repairs we began interviewing renters and decided on a couple who lived fairly simple lives and who also enjoyed the mountains immensely. I was hoping that perhaps I could find...
A STORY OF COLLEAGUES -- So, I used to work at a low-volume restaurant in a small town. For whatever, reason, though, we had some extremely good looking girls who worked there. This is a story about my encounter with four of them. For privacy's sake, names and identifying information have been changed, although physical descriptions are accurate. First,...
Authors Note: If you aren't a fan of the He-Man cartoon series of 1983, then this story will have little meaning for you. And if you are, then it'll probably feel a little sacrilegious; it does for me, too! But it was just too much fun not to write, and I tried not to have our heroes do anything beneath their dignity. So please forgive me, and just enjoy the...
A good marriage requires stability, security and honesty. The wife said so, it must be so. With that in mind I set out to be the best husband I could be from the beginning. I joined up and after surviving Uncle Sam's boys club, I came away with the ability to provide a stable and secure future for our budding family. Although, I was away more than home, I p...
"It starts here" I say as I hold your hand outside the Ani Cathedral at the far eastern end of Turkey. We are looking east over the Akhuryan river as the sun comes up. "This is where we began our adventure. I want to hold your hand, fingers entwined as we head west for these next few months." I lean in and kiss you. The air is heating up as we start walkin...
Drew was an angry customer and I was the counter girl. He complained that his food was late, his friend called the order in half an hour ago. I told him in my kindest customer service voice that the order came in exactly eleven minutes ago. No reply he just turned around and walked out the door. The night was coming to a close and the lobby of the restaurant...
I Manhattan, 1994 A pair of red stilettos I'd never forget. They were found bathed in blood at the bottom of a six story apartment complex in Greenwich Village. She had always wanted to make a great exit, uninterested in the grand entrances. It was a way to silence the pain and the voices she had been hearing since childhood, like Saint Joan-of-Arc. She...
I awoke with a disorienting haze clouding my mind from the alcohol the night before. I realized I lay in bed on my stomach, right leg bent out to the side. My nakedness made my skin cool with no covers. With my eyes still closed, I felt a warm weight on against my back, just above my ass. No doubt my wife, Vanessa, had her leg on me. She liked to hold me in...
Sitting before the pulsating screen of his laptop in the secluded darkness of his apartment, his eyes slowly drifted shut. It was late. He had a deadline approaching and his project was far from being complete. He rubbed his temples as the familiar headache was already forming. Then the Image appeared again... That same beautiful seductive woman, her l...
Part 1 – Amira and Sadira’s Story I’ve only wept twice in my two score years. The first time was for my sister, the second for her cat. Both were strange instances, my emotions on edge. I thought our deaths were upon us for sure, both times, but I truly wept for their lives rather than mine. I have seen things, and had seen things, that made my life seem fu...