LUCKY JACK Being the misadventures of one of life's losers. Chapter Three: Jack in Clover WARNING TO NEW READERS- This is a rambling, VERY British episodic part work which was originally published as a series of short stories in the 1990s but has recently been modernized and brought into the 21st century. The main character, Lucky Jack, some readers may r...
Prologue, sort of. Hi! I have a story, but first I need to clear, or maybe cloud up the air. There's a guy who's been doing a TV show, and who will soon be replacing David Letterman on late night. His name is Steven Colbert, and he invented a word he called 'truthiness'. By truthiness he meant things that sort of sounded true, but in reality were all nonsen...
1. November 10, 2003 Kim opened the door of her bedroom hesitantly, and looked around. She sighed. Arnie was out doing the Leukemia run-a-thon, and Becki Lynn was visiting her folks in Maryland today. How did Kim know this? No one spoke directly to her in a conversational tone. And Denny, thank God, was at a Sci-Fi convention. Kim stepped into the hall, a...
Chapter 31 -- College Onsite Dave peered through the glass door into part of the core that was usually used by the younger school children in the Circle's home-schooling program. He was surprised to see room full of college aged men and women peering at the teacher at the front of the class. The teacher was Marie Thereaux. The hieroglyphics on the white boa...
Chapter 21 -- Very Unexpected Visitor Friday evening before dinner, Dave assessed the progress on the reconstruction project. Several points were noteworthy. The shattered large tempered plate glass panels across the core living room where they looked out over the patio had all been replaced except right where most of the construction was going on. He could...
Story 5 "You are going to have to go, I don't see a choice here." My boss said to me. I didn't want to go on this trip. It was a routine check of one of our automated sites. That meant about 10 days of living in a hotel and checking in to the control room once a day just to see how the automated diagnostics were going. Normally, we send Gary, the junior st...
Introduction: This happened in four steps, truth be told. The night before the final installment of The Lazy Lemon Sun was published--and about four days too late to do anything about it--I realized I didn't really give closure to Mommy Dearest. Then, it was posted, there were quite a few people who noted this and asked for some more. Next, Scouries posted a...
Chapter 21 -- Prep and Travel Word quickly got around the Circle to those outside the security committee and their families that the place was on some kind of security threat. We were using more and more of the human resources for guard duty and as back-up snipers. There was some concern, but the impetus for the concern was never fully revealed. Those who h...
Lena Waiting at the passenger side of my car, I extended my hand to help him down. He accepted, and we strolled toward his front door. Some guys were still too proud to be assisted, but most were getting over it. Brian, my date for the evening, gave me an expectant smile as I knelt on his porch -- or, more accurately, his mother's porch -- to say good ni...
Note - to the anonymous user who suggested I read my stories out loud while editing, thank you very much! Your advice was a huge help and allowed me to catch several errors, as well as drawing my eye to several sentences that needed a rewrite in order to flow better. Appreciated! X X X X X Previously on "Midnight Movie Club" - Four college students cross p...