Disclaimer: All individuals in this work of fiction are above the age of 18 years. This story was written with the help of racqel, who wrote some portions of the female perspective. Feedback is welcome and appreciated. Enjoy! I stood in my driveway waiting for my friend, Connor, to pick me up. I had just gotten off the phone with him and he said he wa...
Michael Merriman better known to his friends as 'Mike' arrived home to be met by Brenda his wife's mother. Brenda had been staying with them for the last two months of Janet's pregnancy. She had never been easy to get on with, but with her fussing over Janet like a mother hen, life had been unbearable, until finally he had moved into the spare room and let h...
Recap: As far as I can determine, it must have happened the day I was caught in the rainstorm on the golf course. It was a gorgeous day when I teed off but by the time I was on the fourth hole, the clouds began to gather and the thunder started. I could see lightening flashes in the distance and just then, the heavens opened and it began to pour. Without thi...
HUMANITY 2.0 YEAR 001, DAY 001 - PART ONE I thought I should go ahead and start writing a record of my life, as self-important as that sounds. It's not like I've got much better to do; Zee won't let me do any real work, so when I'm not travelling to the countless abandoned cities and ruins of our ancestors, I pretty much sit around and/or have sex. I've be...
I could still recall Sean as an innocent, cherubic-looking grade nine student four years earlier. He would have been about fifteen at the time and in my friend Gayle’s home room that year. Even then he had a lovely quality about him; he was a gentle little kid, but already good-looking in a very nascent, undeveloped sort of way. By the time he reached grade...
I had been going into the Crown public house two or three times a week since my wife had left - the pretentious cow had said that she had ' outgrown' our relationship and had left to make her own way in life! I was more than happy to let her. It was a cheery pub in the oldy-worldy sense. Fortunately, it had not been turned into a wine bar so was not frequen...
Ginger is a spice. In American cooking, it is mostly used to add interest to otherwise undistinguished dishes, such as ginger bread or ginger snaps. More enlightened cultures treasure ginger for its medicinal properties, as well as the exotic texture, hotter than paprika, which it imparts to numerous foods. Ginger is a girl. In her own way, she is hotter a...
When I chose languages at University I assumed I'd end up at an Embassy somewhere, or working as a translator in Brussels. However, once I had graduated I found that such opportunities were few and far between. Consequently for the last few years I've been working as a tour guide in London. Although it isn't what I hoped to be doing , and one of the negative...
When I was 18 I got a job at the local Rugby club, mostly collecting empties and taking food and drink to tables. I didn't really have the experience to work behind the bar yet, but I'd occasionally get a few drinks if it was busy. When I wasn't walking round the room I hung out behind the bar so I got to know the bar staff fairly well. I got on best with An...
Author's note: This chapter starts with background information that helps us learn more about Dave, such as the community he lives in, his financial status, and a description of his house, which Dave & Lisa will be living in when they get married. As I continue to uncover the personalities of the characters that keep running around in my head, these deta...