The last two months had been rather busy and hectic for Dean. He had gotten a nice new job that he enjoyed, he had moved into a flat with his best mate, Tony, and finally had an excuse to visit sexy neighbour from downstairs, Carla. Dean had been skeptical about asking her out, as he thought she was way out of his league. He was somewhat nerdy, enjoying vid...
Though the doctor had taken care to close the door of her room, he and Alex had not moved far enough beyond it. Hsiao-ling could hear their conversation all too well. "No more children ever? "I'm sorry, Mr. Betancourt. The necrosis ruined her uterus beyond repair. This isn't something we can fix surgically." "What about...transplants?" "Uterus transplant...
The job was going great, Tracy told me to call her Aunt Tracy, and the three old guys told me to call them Uncles, Chick, Vinnie and Vito these people were great. Mr. Pisano was still the scariest guy I ever met. But he would wave and say," Hi Kid." Aunt Tracy was working my ass off, I got all the shit runs, I was making money, and I loved it. Kristi and...
A work of Fiction *** For a fictional town a lot goes on in Cavelier, Texas. Maybe even more than goes on at less fictional Sam Houston State University in nearby Huntsville. So I moved the magnificent 1928 Lasalle Hotel from Bryan east along one-ninety. I hope the hotel's owners, staff and other guests are not too disoriented. *** All sexual conduct des...
She was little. She wore sandals and a natural linen sundress, short, with shoulder straps that were no more than strings. Around her neck was a narrow choker of lavender-colored velvet. Her name was Valerie. What had I done to deserve Valerie? Not a damn thing. At that cafe on a muggy afternoon in Amsterdam we just stared at each other, sipping wine. Momen...
Nathan found Kevin at a small table in the rear of the bar, slugging back a beer. He approached the table, stood for a moment and waited for acknowledgement. After a few minutes, Kevin looked up at him, his eyes red and glassy. “May I sit down?” Kevin gestured for him to sit and Nathan took a chair, his eyes on the young man. “Are you all right?” “No!” Kev...
It had been two weeks since my girlfriend decided to move out when her friend came to the door. I was happy to see her--though S. knew her first, she had become a mutual friend and, circumstances being what they were, I of course hadn't seen her in sometime. "B.!" I said. There was that brief awkward moment where neither of us were sure whether to shake han...
Having gone to bed late, Julia slept soundly and comfortably; on awakening, she yawned and stretched as she surveyed the bedroom of her new home through eight o' clock eyes. She approved of the way she had coordinated the colours and fabrics that blended the old with the new. The last few days had been tiring, months after Robert's death there were still vi...
The life of a widow is never easy, whether she's poor, wealthy, or somewhere in between. Such has been the fate of such women since the dawn of time. Montreal-Nord resident Milana Amagov knows this better than most. After her husband Aslan Amagov died a year and a half ago, life has been pure hell for the forty-nine-year-old Chechen Muslim woman. Loneliness...
"All right, Lyle, when I whistle in F sharp, Reginald's thingie is supposed to wilt. If it doesn't, you strike it with the thorny rose branch." "P-please, darling Blaze-" "Shut up, Reg. We've been working on this all week. I need you to be ready at the play party, or Mistress Salem will be laughing at me, the bitch." "Yes ma'am." Lyle shook his head as h...