I'm in the process of going through a nasty divorce. While I won't bore you with the details, let's just suffice it to say that I'm getting taken to the cleaners! To give you an idea of the magnitude of the screwing I'm getting, as of right now, I'm going to have about $117.00 a month to live on after taxes. That said I had a couple of choices on where to l...
CHAPTER 1 Early Monday the head female coach of Carlton Valley College held her arms up above her head and in obvious deep emotional pain shouted, "Fuck!" The A-team she hoped to take through to the gold regional finals was faltering but still had a chance of making it playoffs if it could win its three final games in the qualifying round. The B-team ha...
"What just happened?" Alice Mihara asked herself as she got to her feet and looked around her bedroom. Everything looked familiar and yet all wrong at the same time. Because you fell through the mirror a panicky voice said in her head. She looked at the mirror near the bathroom door with apprehension. "Impossible," she said. She sat on the bed to tak...
Author's Note: Second edit pass complete! Check out my bio for details. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~Jack~~ Jack's eyes went wide. Half of Viktor's head was gone, just gone. The bloody gibs of brain matter and bone turned into tiny fires that faded into ash and embers before they even hit the ground. "Shit! Shit shit, what-" Julias put a han...
This is my forth installment on my first submission. This chapter is from the point of view of Paul Beckson's lawyer, Carol Bernstein. I hope you enjoy. ********** I walked out to my car and got in. It was late, and I wanted to go home. It had been a long, but profitable day. The cell phone rang again. I really didn't want to talk, but I picked it up and a...
Chapter Two Ellie quietly walked into the 133rd precinct of NYPD at about nine o'clock at night. Quietly, she waited in the queue for the desk sergeant. She kept her head down, but watched the antics of some of the newly arrested with amusement. Ellie saw a man, dressed as Superman, drunkenly trying to prove himself to be Clark Kent. At the same time, anot...
"Well how about that? Frankies! They're playing our song!" laughed Kathy as the DJ announced another 'golden oldie' for the gyrating mass of teenagers on the marquee dance floor. In this case, it was 'Two Tribes' by Frankie Goes To Hollywood. "Shall we show them how it's done?" laughed James, nodding towards the dance floor. "No, I think we've embarrassed...
Believes she's a schoolgirl Rose stood before her daughter squirming like an awkward schoolgirl. She wanted to ask something, but didn't dare to, in case her daughter had changed her mind. It was times like these that brought home how firmly her daughter was in charge. Rose had become used to her daughter dictating everything in her life, but sometimes it...
CHAPTER 1 The clerk read out Item 17 on the City Council's agenda. A Miss Augustine Love and three others were petitioning the council to have the city's airport closed between 8:00 pm and 6:00 am 24/7 so their sleep was not disturbed. Heavy jowl Mayor Rogers with narrow eyes sniggered. "Call the chief petitioner." "Miss Love, this approach is wasting out...
By the time he got to the resort, Doug was full of plans for their future in the past. But he hadn't yet settled on how to confront Kelly. He suspected she somehow knew it wasn't a dream, but without knowing for sure he concluded it was best to let her address the matter. With that settled, Doug busied himself with his office duties until she arrived just be...