Camille fidgeted with her light summer skirt, studying herself in the bedroom mirror. At barely 26, she was married, renting a small apartment with her husband, and doing the best impersonation of a prototypical housewife she could muster. Steven, her high school sweetheart, was good natured and handsome but had trouble finding steady work that could support...
Note from Jake Rivers: This is my seventh semi-annual "invitational." The initial one was based on the Statler Brother's song, "This Bed of Rose's." The most recent invitational included songs written or performed by Willie Nelson. The current effort consists of stories based on song titles that have a weather term in them, such as "Stormy Weather, "Foggy M...
A fantasy written for my friend, A.S. – he knows who he is. ***** My phone rang. "Hi Greg. It's Dave," I heard as I answered it. "Hello Dave. What's up?" I asked. "I was wondering... Do you have any plans for today?" Dave inquired. "Well, let me think. I was considering mowing the lawn, but it's not critical. So, nothing really. Why?" I replied. "Then...
It was time to leave again. These visits were wonderful in their joy and painful in the parting. I stood and took her small hands in mine. “I have to be going now. Gotta catch my plane or I’ll have to stay the night.” The little grey-haired woman used my hands to pull herself up. I saw a wicked little gleam sparkle in her eyes. She pulled my hands around h...
Bradley Hicks took one last quick look around outside then shut the door of his office beside the gymnasium in the High school, leaving just himself and the girl alone inside. “I think we’ll be safe in here, no one will disturb us at this time.” The school’s gym coach looked up at the clock on the wall which read 4:15; Most of the students and faculty were...
Chapter 28 It Just Keeps Getting Crazier Wednesday, October 18, 1961 12:10pm "Sorry I'm late," Candice said, slightly out of breath. "I had to see the teaching assistant about my accounting mid-term." "Oh ... not a problem, I hope," Jesse said with concern. "No," she sighed as she put her cafeteria tray down. "I'll be okay with my grade. He wanted to da...
I want thank Wolf Vixen for her help in catching all the errors I never see. Going foreword I'm going to rate my stories in this way, curb or reconciliation. This way if you don't like one or the other you don't have to read it or, are warned in advance so you aren't blind sided. With that said, this one has both in a way. So grab a beverage and read on....
Thanks to Dyros who continues editing with an instructor's touch. ***** Connor led Ella through the house and up the stairs to the cries of his waiting sons. As soon as they saw their father, their expressions immediately changed from terror to smiles. Ella watched them acknowledge her presence as though they knew something had changed. With efficient s...
Chapter 1 "There's a drive to deep left field, Harris on his horse, way back... Oh, he's down on the warning track! It's off the wall, that'll go for a triple! And Harris is still down..." The tears in my eyes were not so much for the considerable physical pain I was in, but more for the fear that it was all over. I had been sprinting back for a deep fly b...
Sept '08 Cindy was breathing hard. Visions of her brother flashed in her head. Leaning against her bedroom door, she tried to control her breathing before she passed out. Cindy had been at her car when Simon confronted Evan. She had been ready to get help when Evan turned away. Relief flooded her but it was accompanied by a little jealousy when she saw him...