A lot of my stories involve kids in one way or another. I think the addition of children in relationships adds an interesting level of complication. I couldn't resist including a set of twins as well. Look out for a cameo appearance by a couple of my more liked characters from a certain trilogy that I wrote. There is a lot of room with this story to buil...
This one's for the Summer Lovin' Story Contest. So your votes and comments would be much appreciated. This one is a real romance and a bit of a slow burn, and I hope you'll enjoy it. EWAN I was feeling at loose ends without my sons. Being a sixth grade teacher with my summers off, we usually enjoyed at least a month together at the cottage. The boys had...
That damn email had sat in his inbox all day. The email was already in his inbox when Bill logged-on to start his day. It was the first message to post that day, marked as arriving at 6:23am. The message was from someone named Braddock at company called ViCE dot com. Who ever this Braddock guy was, he must have been some kind of early bird. This was the t...
Chapter 31 -- Independence Day Dave looked next to him as he stood on the patio at the Meadows and from a few feet away got a highly contented smile from Joyce. She was wearing both parts of her patriotic bathing suit with both bra and bottom sporting a bold pattern of blue stars and red and white stripes. She was also wearing her jeweled flip-flops and had...
The sun was high and hot, its light glittering on the surface of the Atlantic and beating down on the cigarette boat cutting through the low waves, piloted by a wizened Brazilian man in a tattered Parrotthead shirt. Inside the boat's cramped cabin David Mercer tapped away at his laptop. It was the same book he always worked on when he was idle, writing, chan...
Jim and Carol had been married for ten years and had not been able to take a vacation for the past five. Jim ran a successful contracting business in their New Jersey home town, while Carol was a stay-at-home mom, but also ran her own yoga gym part time. They met in college and wed just after graduation. Their two children came along four and six years later...
Leonard was in the kitchen making sandwiches for Penny and him. Penny was surfing the internet and came across a website about a Comic-Con. She spun in her chair, "Hey, Leonard, have you ever heard of Van Nuys Comic Con?" "Yeah, it's a dinky little convention where they sell collectibles and get sad D-list celebrities to appear. Why do you ask?" "I got ask...
Doing a skip-run after his feet hit the ground as he exited the diesel shuttle bus toward the electric trolley bus at the end terminal at Woodman and Patterson, George knew the trolley wouldn't leave him, but he hustled just in case it might. The shoulder strap of the guitar's gig bag slipped down his arm and he made a wild-ass grab to keep from dropping it...
Saturday, January 14, 2012 Batcave, Wayne Manor, Gotham City Bruce is again at the Batcomputer reviewing his notes as he sees the message from Wonder Woman, aka Diana Prince with the Subject, 'Big Barda.' Curious Bruce clicks the message and see... Wednesday, January 4, 2012 Free's Residence, Calvin City, Connecticut It had been a couple hours since...
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