You reach for the phone without taking your eyes off the computer screen. Your deadlines are closing in and you haven’t taken your attention off it in days. We thought working at home would be less distracting but your family keeps calling as if you are home on holiday, and this morning I could see the stress on your face as I left for work. “H’llo,” you mu...
Chapter One It was around 8:00 p.m. that evening when my phone rang. It rang twice and stopped before I could answer it so I shrugged it off and went back to watching the basketball game on the TV. A minute later it rang again. I let it ring four times before picking up the receiver and said "Hello." "Hello. This is Karen Kelly. Reina suggested that I call...
"Only two more weeks before graduation. Then, I won't have to put up with this high school shit anymore," Mike said to himself as he slammed his locker door closed, and walked down the halls of his high school. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of that yellow and red sweater he loved so much. He hated everything about this school ex...
"It's your fault!" "How do you work that out?" "You invented the things. Didn't you think something like this might happen?" "Well no, obviously not." "And you tried transmitting the predetermined safe word?" "Yes, That was the first thing I tried after, well, after it became obvious." "That they were out of control?" "Well, they were always intended...
Author Rigueur Wilbur R. d'Cocque Some call me Wilbur, some call me Willy, and my middle name is Richard so most of my friends call me Dick. I'm male by persuasion. There are some things about me that I can't get into, and my preferences tend to make me straight. I like to date, in fact double-dating is my thing, its fun when I go along with a close friend...
"Hang in there" he said as he walked away. I had to smile a bit when he said that. The story of my life in three little words. That's pretty much all I've done in life is hang in there. When I was dead and gone that is what it would say on my tombstone. Frank Dalton 1962 -20?? He hung in there When I started school I was a chubby kid and all the kids wou...
The night has finally arrived. You stand in front of your portrait mirror, pulling your sleek black tie firmly into place up to your top button. Popping your shirt sleeves out of the blazer sleeve, you run a hand through your hair, combed to the side for a sleeker look, as oppose to your general shaggy, 'just got outta bed' look that's so common when you're...
Me and Megan had been good friends for a long time, but recently we had drifted apart. We had both got into relationships, and so started spending less and less time together, and I had eventually decided to do something about this. My 19th birthday was coming up shortly, and this made the perfect excuse, so I sent Megan a quick text: "Hey Meg, been a long...
Susan comes home late after a showing a house to a new client. As soon as she walks in, I can tell she is frustrated by the way she throws down her purse and kicks off her pumps. "Oh god, that last one was such as asshole," she sighs. "Tough day?" I ask her. I'm in the kitchen, steaming vegetables and grilling a fish, and she walks over and pecks me on the...
CHAPTER 22 - ALONE, FINALLY After Tuyet and I had made up, the next natural thing to do was to go and see Nguyet together. We had been waiting for an opportunity for Nguyet to draw Tuyet ever since they met in Hue in March. Even though Nguyet was pregnant, she was still going to work, so we settled on a Saturday for our visit, since she could work through h...