Hi everyone. This is my first submission. I hope you enjoy reading it. I am absolutely interested in feedback and constructive criticism. Thanks for taking the time to read this. Tvail * Thick, velvet humidity cloaks my skin as soon as I open the cab door. Gaining the entrance to the small Italian restaurant is an exercise in hydro-resistance training, add...
Congratulations Mr. Farlow had set up living arrangements for me with a sweet widow in her eighties. Miss Georgia Ellis had a lovely antebellum home down on South Front St., and lived on her own, except for innumerable cats. There were living quarters on the second floor of the old detached kitchen where she put me up, and I, in return, did minor repairs, p...
It was the dog days of summer and the heat and humidity were so high it was almost impossible to stay outside in the middle of the day. My daughter had one week before she was back off to college and we hadn't really spent any quality father daughter time. She was 19 and had a lot more important things to do than spend time with dad. I thought maybe a day at...
The sun shone brightly through the blinds of dorm room 118 while the inhabitants inside protested with groans and struggled to pull the covers over their eyes. The late night partying at the keg party on Vernon Street hadn’t been much help for the three young women’s beauty sleep. Terra was the first to roll out of bed. Straining her mascara streaked racoon...
I've known Karen off and on for over 25 years. When we first met she was a sweet and sexy twenty something, already in her second relationship. I never got much detail of the first but he seems to have been violent. Her husband Alan had rescued her from that but by the time we met the cracks were beginning to show. I met him several times but never took to h...
I've been working at Tannon & Co. for the past five years. It's a run of the mill financial strategy company that's been doing pretty well through the financially tough times. It's been a hell of a lot of work, and a lot of late nights but in the end it's paid off. What I'm saying is that I hate my job. I hate my job for everything it's worth, except for one...
Lynn's family and ours have been best of friends for about twenty some years now, pretty much ever since out sons were born. Lynn bought a tanning salon a few years ago as a form of extra income, and her twenty four year old daughter Emily, frequently helps out with the place. Over the years Lynn and I have done many favors for each other, at one time joking...
"This place is so cool," Abby said as she turned around, taking in all of the detail of the entryway where she stood. "I've got the weirdest feeling, though. It almost feels like I'm home." "Yeah," Claire said, not really paying attention. "It's really expensive, too, so we have to mind our manners." The sorority sisters stepped through the entryway. They...
"Zero, fifty, or one hundred Sharon, What is it going to be?" The question hung in the air for almost a minute. It looked like my wife was trying not to vomit when she looked up at me. "Bob, I am SO sorry about everything and I desperately need to talk to you. In answer to your question though. Do you want to drive or do you want me to?" Well that was...
Getting involved in other people's business is usually not a very good idea, I've learned, but sometimes you just can't help it. It can get you into all kinds of shit, there's no arguing that, but every once in a while, every once in a great rare while, it can turn out really good. A week ago last Friday night, I dropped in on my friends, Gene and Torrie P...