Bob and Krisandra had recently celebrated their sixth wedding anniversary with their best friend Rick. They had all been friends for a number of years since Bob and Rick went to Tech school together. It had been almost four months since Rick and Linda had broken up and now it was just routine to stop at Bob and Kris's after work and weekends with a case of...
Jessica bumped into Kris at a departmental store where she had gone to pick up a few things. He looked a changed guy as far as appearance went, so much so that she was doubtful whether it was her college mate but he recognized her immediately. "Hi Jessy, you haven't changed a bit. You look the same after, what 5 years?" he asked. "Yes Kris, five years it m...
This is the last instalment in the 'London, 2020' series. Thank you for reading. +++ "So, Callie. Did you look in my wallet?" Shit. I consider a few answers. Yes. No. What wallet, Kris? In the meantime his gaze steadily holds mine, as second after second ticks by. He's not afraid of the silence, but I can match him for that. Another second. And another....
Mary very nearly flung her phone across the room after her boyfriend hung up on her. It was so frustrating that he treated her like a toy. Kris treated her like she was something to be taken down off the shelf when he wanted something, twenty bucks, a ride to work maybe a fuck. When he was done with her she was supposed to be content to sit on the shelf wait...
The farm had a wall. That was odd. The fields or whatever were hidden behind a high wall in back of what must have been the administrative building: this was clearly bigger than a family operation. I had no real experience with farm life, but this was where I'd be for a couple years - hopefully they didn't work us too hard. I was eighteen and had a promisi...
(Note: this story takes place after my story The Clone Queen, but you don't have to read that one to get this one.) The maid was obviously a Prin. Everything about her said so. They precise, repetitive way she moved, the utter lack of boredom or wandering emotions which normally shifted across a person's face every few moments, but most of all it was her...
To The Reader: Some scientists postulate that more than one universe exists. In fact, there are those who believe that there may be an infinite number of parallel universes that exist side-by-side. This would mean that an infinite number of you exist, in multiple different universes. This theory is so popular that a movie was actually made about it - 2001's...
Mark and I first met in elementary school and we've been pretty much friends for fifty years since then. Over that time we've often had conversations like the following: Mark: "Man I am so jealous of you." Me: "Oh boy we go, what now?" Mark: "Well for starters your rugged good looks, even as we close in on sixty, women still fall all over you." Me: "Mark...
Eyes that normally twinkled with merriment stared at the woman who had just told her brother that Santa wasn't real. A smile, usually showing warmth, laughter, cheerfulness, now held a frown; rosy cheeks, burned a brighter red from anger. Kris Kringle watched young Tommy walk away from his older sister, his heart broken and his dreams shattered. He would mak...
"Would you stop fidgeting?" Alexander commanded from the taut leather chair, spine stiff and proper, ankles crossed decorously. "I'm not fidgeting!" Kris cried, glaring at Alexander from her upside down position while lying across the foot of the bed, head dangling. She drooped both arms off the side and let her knuckles drag on the floor. "Look how long my...