「ザキさん、こんなクソ寒い夜中になんの用ですか」 空気も凍るような寒さの夜、理由も告げずに俺を稽古場へ呼び出した小劇団の先輩、崎山に不満を隠さず声を掛けた。そこは、稽古場というより廃倉庫といったほうがしっくりくるボロ屋で、風が吹かないだけ外よりマシという状況だった。貧乏劇団ゆえ暖房器具など置いてすらない。 「おう、すまねぇな、森田。ちょっと見せたいもんがあってな」 「金貸してくれってのは無しですよ」 「そんなんじゃねぇよ。芝居の話だ、芝居の」 崎山はもう四十も半ば、芽の出ない役者だ。売れない理由は、今時となっては珍しい「飲む」「打つ」「買う」と三拍子を見事に揃えた素行の悪さが、業界中に知れ渡っているせいだった。どこぞの脚本家の奥さんに横恋慕して旦那に殺されかけただの、賭場で負けて裸で電車に乗って留置所に入れられ...
I awaken in the dark, alone. There isn't very far for you to have gone, so I partake in a daily ritual I do at home. I read the news. I open my iPad and its attached keyboard, and turn it on. Nice thing about being this close to shore, cellular signals are a straight unobstructed shot from the mainland to the boat; southern California's network provides go...
“Pffff, another sweater.” Aaron says as he holds up the red, green, and white Christmas garment is aunt sent him. “At least this one as an actual cool design on it.” Ian says as he smiles at his roommate. In a small house in a secluded neighborhood covered in snow, two men in their mid-20’s enjoy a simple holiday together. With the pandemic still at large, b...
*My first attempt at writing so please be gentle! Any constructive critique is welcome!* *** My 21st Birthday party had come and gone. All in all I'd had a great night. All my friends together in a function room with a bar and karaoke, was the perfect evening. My boyfriend Marcus typically got wasted and was sat in the corner nodding off. Marcus wasn't a b...
It had been a grueling 6 hours driving already and they had at least another 2 hours to go if the weather didn't get worse. The radio weather reports running every 15 minutes didn't give her a great feeling about making it all the way tonight. It was still misting and the weather had dropped below freezing. Bridges were going to freeze. She and her young mal...
A story following others in the series, but intended as a stand-alone work. Enjoy! + "So that's it?" I said. "That's it. And more high-tech you'll not find." "And I'm supposed to use it when?" "Might make editing more interesting," he replied, smiling. "Silly man - I have six papers to grade and a major article sixteen other people are waiting for me t...
(All sexual activities described in this story take place between consenting adults 18 years of age or older.) ***** Claire could sense rather than see Michelle smile as Mr. Paul, her ex-teacher, lay on the bed stroking himself off to some seedy porn video on his iPad. He cock was hard and almost snarling in his hand as he tugged himself watching his skin...
On the ride from the Bois de Vincennes back into Central Paris, Runa and we detour through an old residential neighborhood that somehow eluded Haussmann's 19th-century wrecking ball. We stop at a cafe with a Belle-Epoch facade and Art Nouveau lettering. "Can you imagine?" I ask as we sip cafe expresso. "Cezanne could have sat here? Or Gauguin? or even van...
I walked into the massage room, letting the door close behind me. It smelled wonderful and there was soft instrumental music playing from hidden speakers. Behind the small reception counter was young woman, her dark hair pulled back in a tight ponytail. She had huge blue eyes and was very pretty, so much so that I hesitated going up to the counter and just s...
"Thanks for watching, guys!" said Kiernan Shipka. "I hope you learned something new about us," added Isabela Merced, the gorgeous young starlets singing off in tandem having just tackled the WIRED Autocomplete Interview- a popular series in which the biggest names in entertainment answer the most searched questions on the World Wide Web. An expensive, tr...