It was not a good day as it started out. My fishing partner had canceled out before I left to pick him up. He had an upset stomach. Well, the boat was hooked up behind my truck on it's trailer all loaded and ready to go, even down to bait and two lunches in the cooler. The Hell with it, I would go alone. I drove to the ramp and launched the boat. I noticed...
It was Saturday morning, and the kids were still asleep. I could tell my wife was awake, but wasn't really ready to acknowledge it. I got up quietly, went to the bathroom, then brushed my teeth and shaved, keeping the noise down so I wouldn't disturb Gayle. When I returned, Gayle was more or less awake, just staring at the ceiling, but not saying anything....
SO FAR: Divorcee Merrick Jamieson (35) visiting New York comes into contact with the moll of the mysterious Spiro whom the spirited Kirsty Fallon has reason to fear if she so much looks at another man. But after a brief association with Merrick Kirsty (25) finds she has become attracted and follows him to his homeland and begins working with the photo-journa...
Darlene sighed as she worked her way through traffic. Her job as a credit specialist with a local manufacturing company could be very trying. After more than 25 years with the same company, she had worked in about a dozen different office positions and at fifty-four, she didn't get a lot of satisfaction with her work anymore. For that matter, she didn't get...
LIFE CHANGERS: Part One "There's bad luck and then there's shit luck," Ella mumbled as she glanced at the skies quickly. "And you really shouldn't monopolize all of the shit luck all of the damn time." Mentally cursing the meteorologist's faulty forecast, she cringed when the unmistakable sound of ice began tapping against her windshield. Five minutes...
That night while I lay in bed, my thoughts kept drifting to that afternoon with Matthew. I couldn’t stop smiling. I had never felt so alive; every nerve in my body was humming with electricity when I recalled his touch. The one thing I didn’t expect was the overwhelming guilt that kept creeping up behind my thoughts of Matthew. I knew I would feel guilty bu...
This chapter is not meant to stand alone. Please begin at the first chapter to appreciate this tale. Thursday, November 1st. * I awoke to a soft, curvy female on either side of me nuzzling and kissing my neck. I wrapped an arm around each one and in turn kissed Veronica and Carol. "Can I fuck him?" whispered Carol to Veronica as she raised her head to lo...
This chapter is not meant to stand alone. Please begin at the beginning to appreciate this tale. * Wednesday, October 24 As soon as Emerson left I chased a giggling and playful Veronica up the stairs towards our bedroom . When I caught her just inside the door and tried to kiss her, she wiggled free and proceeded to teasingly push me towards the large be...
We were up early. Gwen was ravenous again at breakfast, though I barely noticed. The train arrived at 9:45 AM. A porter pushed a cart with our bags to the street. Gwen's father was waiting for us beside his car. The porter loaded our bags into the car. I slipped a five into his hand. He thanked me and headed off to help other passengers. Her father was a...
The following is an alternate version of the story: "The Fifth Day" and "The Fifth Day - Laying the Ghost" by VanCliffe. I had trouble understanding the reason for the Fifth Day in the original story (my problem). So, I wrote this ending which seems to fit the story in a different manner. It would be advisable for the reader to have first read "The Fifth Day...