Edited by the incomparable "Wires" as was TATTLETALE. To my eternal shame I failed to annotate TATTLETALE to credit Wires for his assistance. I hope he forgives me. His efforts have improved all my stories he has edited and this one is no different. Emily sat at the table crying while she watched her husband and best friend walk from the restaurant quietly...
Of all the people in the world, I probably would've chosen any little group besides the people from the office to get marooned with. They weren't bad people, just annoying ones. Will, Frank, and Jeff were all brothers; that was a mistake right there. You shouldn't work with family, at least not if you're gonna spend all day arguing over football and whose t...
The ceiling fan hums. It's 2am mid-week. Monsoon season on the Coast means that yet again the humidity makes it too uncomfortable to sleep but at the same time zaps every drop of moisture from your body. My body feels plastered to the bed as the storm beats down outside the sliding door. Longing for a beer, or at least a glass of water, I pour my body off...
The day was finally here. Lisa and I were going to be on the cable television game show "We Dare You" tonight, live. We had seen the show before and decided to try out for it since the grand prize was an all expense paid trip for two to Hawaii. All we had to do was to be the last couple completing the final "Dare." Lisa and I decided we would do anything...
What To Bring Skinny-dipping, although known by another name, is in fact swimming. You should always bring a second person to keep yourself safe. Skinny-dipping can be a lonely activity if you don't bring another person, just like any other type of physical activity. Since swimming involves water, a towel is usually a good idea, as well. Sometimes when you...
The following story is, of course, pure Fantasy. It was inspired by an old Black and White episode of The Twilight Zone in which a New York Second-Hand Shop Owner, through an act of kindness, was granted four wishes. He wasted his first wish having a badly cracked glass display case restored. For his second wish he asked for a million dollars. He got it, a...
'This is so embarrassing.' You couldn't help but think to yourself as you continued to set up the cheap webcam that had arrived in the mail earlier that morning, making certain that it was not only securely attached to your laptop so that it wouldn't fall off midsession but also positioned correctly so that it captured every inch of your virgin body that wou...
The stage was dark. Two lines of five computers were the only glow on the stage. Then heavy rock music began and all the lights shown down and announcers starting calling out names of the two teams. First the team B.Justice Gaming was announced and five men in matching jerseys came out to raucous applause and sat down affixing noise canceling headsets on. Th...
I would like to thank Blacksnake for the story idea. This is his story and would not have been written if not for him. August 1991 Carman opened her eyes and stretched. The morning sun that beamed through the Levelor blinds bathed the room in a warm glow. She blinked against the light then swung her feet onto the floor and stood. Turning back to the bed,...
I live in a small village in the middle of England with my wife. We have been married for 30 years and both of our children have now left home. This particular day she was out all day and I was working from home. We have great neighbours especially Paul and Margot. Unfortunately Paul passed away 12 months ago and as he looked after most things, Margot had be...