I was fresh out of university and looking for my dream job. I soon realised that was going to be harder than I thought and had to start looking farther afield. I didn't want to leave my home town but there just wasn't any work, eventually I found a job over 150 miles from home in a new city up north. I was 23 and living back with my parents, I had no money...
Meet Giselle Bao Phuong, a fifty-something Asian Canadian woman living in the City of Ottawa, Ontario. She attends the Ottawa Church of The Savior, and they meet every Sunday at ten o'clock inside a community center located within walking distance of the University of Ottawa. The place has become Giselle's refuge, for many reasons. Giselle feels lonely sinc...
It was a horribly hot day in late June. Lila had spent the morning inside on the phone to her landlady regarding the roses growing up the side of the house. Lila lived in a two story house that had been converted into two studio apartments, one on the top floor, and one on the bottom. She occupied the bottom apartment, and the wild roses growing up the side...
Hi again people who I have never met but hope you are friendly if not friends. Right after I told you the third story about the Amazing Mrs. C, I intended to go right on to write chapter 4 but sometimes life gets in the way and the year of 2020 is certainly doing its best to interrupt everyone's life. I hope I can at least brighten a few lives for a few minu...
Melanie dropped Mart off at the junction with Ackerman Street and ordered him to go straight to her flat he did so and entered covertly by the rear door. He eagerly stripped and was attired by his mistress, who spent an eternity posing with him, carefully choosing various outfits. Mart looked up at her from his knees, leashed and ready to indulge Melanie in...
Early morning I was still in bed when my dad called to ask how I was doing; obviously wondering if I'm doing well in class. He was told what he needed to know-that I was getting good grades and making friends along the way. My mom, on the other hand, was the worrying type ever since I left home. Almost everyday she would call me, asking if I was sick or had...
I was eighteen, off to my first year of college in a new town and even more excited to be out of my parents' house and on my own for the first time. I had made arrangements for a room off-campus since my application for a dorm on campus was floundering well down the waiting list. The student union was very helpful, providing a list of local homes renting roo...
Exactly one week after I caught my wife fucking the local Laundromat owner, I moved in to a shitty 2 bedroom place in a shitty part of town. Exactly one week after I paid my first alimony check, I moved into a shittier place in a shittier part of town. Forget about the wrong side, this place was virtually ON the tracks. Still, it was close to work, so I sav...
The chant went all around the streets, "Weatherfield, Weatherfield, Weatherfield." The locals were ecstatic, the local football team, Weatherfield County, had beaten a higher ranked local team, and bitter rivals in a Manchester cup competition. Every pub and bar in the area was packed with fans. The Rovers Return on Coronation Street was no exception. Pack...
Emilia walked into her apartment with a large box under her left arm. She placed it on the coffee table when her cellphone rang. It was her boyfriend. "Mather?" she said. "What are you up to?" he said. "Oh, nothing," she said as she opened the box. "I went shopping and found a neat store that sells antiques." "You didn't go spending a huge amount of mone...