Tales From Sechs City -- welcome to Sechs City, a wealthy, middle-class costal area of Western America in the state of California. A gorgeous, quiet largely uneventful place, people move to the city to follow their dreams, to live their day-to-day lives. It's almost too perfect to be true... Jack's anger at his father had not disappeared the next morning. H...
“I can’t believe what we just did.” Angie said stepping out of the bathroom. Dressed in a halter top and khaki shorts she looked at Cal. He was laying on the bed, black polo, khaki shorts with his arms behind his head. “This should be good for us. There’s nothing for us there, I can still work on starting my company and we can figure out some things about...
So many things had happened in the past couple months to Angie and Cal. Or rather it was the lack of what had happened in the past couple of months that had made their situation all so intriguing. Angie can remember waking up that morning next to call, she can still recall how good the warmth of his body felt as her outstretched arm and breasts laid upon his...
The content of the message: call me. There was Cy on the other end of the Skype line. Her hair was in even more disarray than last time, and a towel was hanging around her neck. "You're lucky I picked up," she said. "I've just been at the beach." "Of course. What else is an Australian to do?" "Dan-o," she said, "you owe me big time, and I don't mean...
August I groaned as I pulled into my parents' drive way. I didn't recognize any of the cars parked along the street, meaning I could expect a somewhat raging party being hosted by my brother. I couldn't blame him, our parents were out of town and we had a killer house for a party, a pool being one of it's enticing features. But it had been a long day at my...
Copyright @ calibeachgirl All rights reserved, 2010 I had gone down the hall to his apartment and sat on the sofa watching a documentary on the Apollo Moon Landing while he changed into his service uniform and then we went down to the helicopter pad. I had to admit that he did look handsome in his Marine uniform but that knowledge was greatly outweighed by...
This is the first story in a short story collection I am currently working on. ***** Aspine The first crack of lightning was preceded by an ominous rumble of thunder. A heavy downpour of rain soon followed. Simon, Aspine's tabby, let out a sorrowful meow as he scurried to safety under her bed. "Scaredy cat." Aspine admonished gently with a slight smirk....
Some may remember this, as I posted it previously as an illustrated story. I took down the illustrated version, so I thought I'd put up the text version again. The illustrated version is available ( and a future story is going to have an illustrated version as well, though it won't be posted to Lit ) so just ask if you'd like to have me email it to you. Tha...
The week of her 13th birthday, Sandra decided to become a model. Her mom subscribed to numerous fashion magazines and had herself been a runway model years before Sandra's birth. Sandra took a dispassionate look at herself in the mirror and decided that she would never be tall enough to model high fashion, but she was determined to work in front of a camera...
"So, Tom, when will we see you next?" my dad asked just before he drove away after helping me move into my dorm my first year of college. "I don't know, maybe Thanksgiving," was my reply. It was late August and I was excited to start this new phase of my life. I wasn't the type to go overboard with excitement about my newfound freedom and act stupid, but...