Wednesday: Doug: The doorbell ringing at 9:45 that Wednesday evening initiated the unraveling of my wife's deception, although she did not realize it yet. I answered the door to find myself facing a man and a woman dressed in reasonably normal business attire, although the clothing was somewhat out of style and obviously well-worn. I immediately got the i...
In the Navy Maybe nothing more than a cock-and-bull story (c) 05/2013 Coyote/Kojote/Mike Stone It took me some time - clearly a huge understatement - to get this finished. Even though I already had most of it written, I was hesitating, correcting, going over it again and again. Reading what I got from others to help me get better and so on. Apparently I...
I survived my first five days working for Matt Steiner—start of the TV sitcom The Single Life. The job is as glamorous and as exciting as I thought it would be. It is filled with fun and exhilarating moments that only menial labor is able to provide. I met Matt on Monday after meeting with his agent. He coldly shook my hand and said, “hello” without looking...
Here he was with a PhD in psychology and a medical degree less the medical internship and residencies from a top university augmenting his university salary by working the summer sales meeting circuit as the entertainment event. He rationalized that the money wasn’t bad, he got to visit high end resort locations that he probably couldn’t afford and there wa...
It had been a long nine months, but things were good now that I was on my way home to the United States and the loving arms of my wife of seven years, Traci. My Marine special unit comprised of myself and three others had been deployed several times in the last few years, but this was the first time an assignment had taken us out of country for more than on...
-Will- I can hear the sound of everyone down stairs except for Chloe and I. Whenever Lili is over, she's insistent that she make everyone breakfast. No one has the heart to tell her besides pancakes, she's not very good at cooking. The eggs are never as ordered, the bacon is undercooked. Not raw, but it is rubbery. Chloe groans as I get up and put on a pa...
Brian twisted the ring on his finger a few times before finally giving in to reality, sliding it off and dropping it on the bar top. It was one of those places where the polished wood has been varnished so many times and had so many drinks spilled on it that it never gets fully smooth, and it always feels somewhat sticky, like the varnish never quite dried o...
When Megan finally came home tonight she saw that the television was on and walked into the living room to turn it off. She put her hand to her mouth and crumbled to the carpet. I'd downloaded all the footage I'd taken over the last few weeks onto a disc and looped all the footage. The twenty-eight minutes of video would keep playing and replaying until th...
They have airplane simulators to test out who is good pilot material, don't they? So why not a simulator to test out who is good marriage material? At least that's the question that I asked myself after I went through my second divorce of a cheating husband at the ripe old age of twenty seven. Both James and Trent seemed like great guys who were in love wit...
AUTHORS NOTES: My editor (Nonethewiser) wasn't able to help me out with this one. He gave me a couple of suggestions on the development, but he wasn't able to edit. I thank him for what he did do. He always knows what I intend to say, and he gives great advise on how to put it on paper. He is a great friend, and I couldn't ask for a better one. He was sorel...