The inner city neighborhood I grew up in was very typical of most in the mid west. The houses are packed in tight and the yards are small, everyone monitors everyone. From the eyes of a 18 year old boy, soon to graduate from high school (that was me), our next door neighbors on the south side of our house were elderly. How old? That is hard for a young m...
The funeral procession which awaited Dan's return was nothing short of marvelous. The local VFW had arranged the whole thing. It was a surprise to see all the people who lined the streets to show their respects until his funeral ceremony at the high school gymnasium. Sheriff squad cars led the procession and our two ladder trucks held a huge American flag be...
When Thomas woke the next morning, not of his own will but from barrage of texts that came from his phone, a throbbing permeated through his head. The hangover was real, despite not actually having had that much the night before, but it had been quite a while since he last drank at all, and he had clearly lost all tolerance for it. Still, no amount of heada...
Janet was looking flushed, her neck was red and her breathing was slightly heavy as she entered the bedroom that she shared with her loving husband John. She undid her robe and placed it on the hook behind the door and slid her naked body into the bed next to John. As she did so she felt John's arm encircle her waist and hold her body tight to him as she fe...
Twins of Trallis Chapter 2 A physician standing at the back of the tent of the council of nine with the men of Stolle had watched the tiny dancer from the desert realm horrified. 'It couldn't be,' His mind raced backward in time and he relived the moment the dancer had come into the world unloved and unwanted by her father and left without a mother as the c...
It was never an uncommon sight: my lodger had an interesting career with an array of sinful jobs and a half-naked woman in my kitchen was a common occurrence. I couldn't have picked a better lodger for my small two-bedroom city flat. Ellie was a very good payer: her rent was always paid on or before it was due, and I certainly cared not for how she raised t...
It was early Saturday morning; I rose early, got of bed, and still weary, headed for the kitchen. The early morning rays of the sun, basking the kitchen in warmth, and shining brightly through the window. I switched on the kettle, and let out a loud yawn, I heard movement in the bedroom, and saw a brief glimpse of her, reaching for her gown. I made us both a...
Sherry Loxterkamp was a 40-year-old mother and married woman. She married her loving husband Jim 20 years ago when they were both in college. They were college sweet hearts that loved each other very much. They had their first and only son Kevin 5 years after they married. They did not want a child right a way, because Jim was still finishing law school, and...
Why was it that everything happened at once? She had been looking forward to relaxing this week and then her landlord had rung and told her that he had arranged for the workmen to come and replace her kitchen this week. Ok, it needed doing, the kitchen she had was from the year dot, and the landlord was putting in a fitted kitchen. She had been waiting for...
It was the summer of 1980, the year when I graduated from high school, the year I turned eighteen. I thought I had my life in order, I had already been admitted to music school at Ohio State, and I was working a part time job at Arbys, mostly weekends, for spending money. I'm 5'5, 116 pounds, 36C, and my mom has let me dye my hair blond since I was twelve. L...