"If human beings had genuine courage, they'd wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween." -Douglas Coupland *** About one thing Jo was certain: She absolutely did not want to go into that house. But here she was walking up to it anyway. A jack o'lantern's flickering face peered from the window as she approached, and she paused with...
Six years ago... It was Friday night, a week before Bonnie was to head off to her sophomore year in university. She had decided after her freshman year that she needed to go to a university away from her hometown. Her father, as always, understood, and though he was sad to see her leave home, he was very proud of her decision to do so. As a parting gift,...
It was one of those shifts that was long and arduous, all participants happy when it was at an end. On the third floor of the "Helping Hands" Memorial Hospital, Nurse Lynn Goodrhyde was finishing up with the shift change and checking her messages. With nothing pressing appearing on her phone's screen, she gave her associate Nancy a pat on the shoulder saying...
Chapter 07: Odyssey Jeannie boarded the bus in Omaha, excited to be finally moving to New York City and starting her dream. In her hand, she was clutching her tickets to New York and a catalogue from a school in New York that offered a fashion design degree. She could feel her heart beating quickly in her newly enhanced chest. Unlike the clothes which Jean...
On a later day Ken went with me to grocery shop. He had me wear my "come hither" outfit as he called it: a braless sheer tight blouse with four undone buttons, a tight red leather miniskirt cut to just below my ass cheeks with a black thong, 4-inch heels, and heavy dark red lipstick. He was always having me check prices of bottom shelf items, and, even thoug...
Spring break. A late winter warm spell had brought on an early thaw. My fiancée, Tam (short for Tamara) and I, Prof. Phil Decker, were on the road headed for a two week wilderness adventure to unwind from the grind of university life and enjoy our last chance to spend some deep quality time together before the big push thru the final quarter and preparations...
PORTAL: entrance, gateway, opening, ingress Chapter 1 Spring was nearing its end when First Sergeant Argus Mitchell received his honorable discharge. Invalided home from the Middle East with a shattered hip, the marine had been made whole against after a complete hip reconstruction and receiving extensive psychological therapy, The size of his gratuity m...
BETH I was summoned up to Superintendent Ploncke's office where I found my pal and fellow probationer, Gina, waiting outside the door. She and I had become friendly at the police academy, but not really very 'best' friends, and having both graduated somewhat closer to the bottom of our class than the top. "What's going on?" I asked Gina. "Don't know. My...
I arrived at J.R.’s right at 7:00. The crowd was about average for a Wednesday evening. Not so many you couldn’t keep up with the drink orders, yet busy enough to be making a good profit. I made my way to the dressingroom and changed out of my clothes. I put on a pair of red nylon panties and my new red thigh-high leather boots. I checked my make-up before h...
"Damn, Shit, Fuck!" I yelled, banging my hands on the steering wheel. "Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!! I screamed, shaking my head from side to side, my long hair flailing. My car had just slid off the icy road into a ditch and it was getting dark. "Now, what?" I muttered to myself, realizing there was no way I could back my car out. I was stuck. I sat back thinking,...