I was standing at the window of my front room, looking out into the street and thoughtfully considering Karen. Let me tell you what I know about her. She's nearly nineteen and she is a pixie. Put her in Santa's workshop and you will instantly believe that elves exist. She's petite, about five foot two, slender, short curly hair, an infectious smile and a bu...
Gonad the Barbarian: The Early Years Between the days when the waters drank Atlantis (they also sipped Mu, chugalugged Lemuria, and sort of gulped down a couple of really decent tourist islands), and the rise of the sons of Eros, was a time when shining kingdoms were strewn over the lands. To these lands came Gonad the Barbarian to lay the kingdoms and to w...
About two weeks after my sensuous and successful aptitude test with 'Manon', the company which provided discreet escorts for ladies. I was contacted by Ron Vincent, who told me to call at the office the following evening as he had my first client. I had already spent some time with Ron, getting a few pointers on what would be expected of me. He also had...
He stepped into the train one car behind her. He knew she would get off in three stops, near the university, and kept himself turned away, toward the door to the next car. Making sure she did not change her usual pattern, he looked up at each stop, and at one, caught her looking at him. The glance was fleeting and their eyes did not connect. After they got...
Martha Henson was admiring the rose bushes she had recently planted along the garage when her phone rang. Checking caller ID, she saw Bill Murphy's name. Her face lit up in a smile as she answered the call. "Hey, Bill. I thought you weren't going to call me when I'm at home with Joe. It's okay right now because I'm out checking my rose bushes while I'm wait...
We met briefly before getting on the bus at the end of a busy work week. It was the first time we had met, although we had chatted online and on the telephone occasionally...small talk ensued, as we waited with the other passengers, all heading for home... On the bus, we made our way to seats near the back, where less people gathered. As the bus left the ci...
"Snow White missing in forest- more after the break." The newscaster read the headline for the newsflash with the grave tone reserved for wars and natural disasters. As Snow watched, she found it all pretty silly. She always viewed herself as just an ordinary 20 year old girl. So what if her Daddy was " King" White, biggest computer wizard in the country.Hi...
"You are up shit creek, David. And I don't mean without a paddle. I mean without a canoe." Mike had been David's accountant for years and was extremely concerned for his friend. As they studied the numbers from David's car audio business, all the trends were down. "Its the Internet. All these low margin fly-by-nighters. And new cars come out with such good...
The biggest benefit of being a web designer and a single man is that you can live and work anywhere. That's why, since my divorce, I've lived on a narrowboat, wandering aimlessly around the waterways of England and Wales, and moving on whenever I feel like a change. The weather and the closures of bits of the canals and rivers for maintenance every winter m...
She was a bookmark, a name on a card holding my place in a collection of short stories I was reading. I was on a plane, so intently involved with the story I had kept reading as we landed and then taxied up to the gate. In the rush to grab my carry on, stash the book, find my jacket and exit the plane I had just grabbed a business card and slipped it into th...