It had been three long and lonely months in lockdown. The fear had changed. After weeks of pining to be back to normality, back to how life was before, somehow normal seemed so scary. She giggled wondering whether her social skills had completely left her, not knowing how exactly she would react when seeing her colleagues, her friends, him. It will be fin...
The weekly family Zoom! Luckily I have a subscription, so we can Zoom as much as we want. So Monday mornings we all do it. Me and the wife. Her younger sister Cindy and her husband. The kids when they can be bothered. The wife's brother and his family when they remember. Think we've talked more since the virus lockdown than we ever talked before! So we set...
Although inspired by real life events this is a work of fiction and it is not based on any real person or persons. I'd like to thank Randi for her editorial guidance. Damn it! It was 2AM, and Rob Mason, the Mayor of the small Mid-Western town of Blandings Crossings, was angry with his wife, Clarissa, again. He had dropped any number of hints that it was u...
Kiran woke up the next day to a flurry of messages on his phone, both on the SMS and WhatsApp. While they had been romping around, there had been a few announcements. Their Prime Minister had announced a country wide lockdown. The new virus had entered India and was multiplying quickly. While the increase in numbers were high by itself, it was lower than exp...
A Sexy Haircut By ArchieB Everyone was showing a bit of wear and tear by the third week of the lockdown. Even Mark, the office gay guy, who was usually immaculate in his appearance, began to look a little ragged. It had to do with hair. Only that morning my lover Eve had upbraided me. She could turn from deep passion to irritating nagging in a flash. I gu...
Chapter 1 Sarah woke to the absence of sound, and a stuffy room. After moving the thermostat dial several times, she finally realized the air conditioner wouldn't work. Of all days for it to quit, the weather would be sweltering, and she had an afternoon video conference sales meeting. She called the building maintenance department and they listened to her...
Click Here to read the contest entries (updated daily!) 2020 has been quite a year...and it's not even half over. The Coronavirus (COVID-19) upended much of what we thought we knew about how to live our lives. Depending on where you are in the world, you may have been stuck in quarantine for several months by now. Heartbreaking images of sickness and worse...
Overall, as far as New York City apartments go it wasn't a bad size; the apartment was 900 square feet, it was a pre-war and at some point in its 90-year history it had been modified from a two bedroom into a three-bedroom. This was manageable, but it made things a little tight. The clearest evidence of this was Peters room, which was the smallest and had on...
Sirens blared, muted, as Gerald walked slowly out the front doors of The Lockdown. It was evening now, the sunset though was blocked by a predominantly cloudy sky. It rained a lot in Driftwood—not always at a constant—but Spring Break, and Sunlit Summers was often disappointing for the children of this city. Here in the barren outskirts, there was little...
After sex with Priya the previous night, he woke up at six. Priya was turned over and he promptly kissed her ass. Unfortunately, it woke her up. "I am so sorry, ma'am." Priya checked the time and kicked him. "You are lucky that I am still sleepy. If I was not going back to sleep, I would have punished you badly and you would have once again missed your sho...