As usual, it may help to read the first chapter: The Secret Life of George Prufrock * It was a perfect autumn day when George Prufrock and his wife Janet attended Myra Lennon's outdoor potluck supper. As Janet chatted with her friends, George wandered across the flagstone patio and into the living room: a man ignored, virtually invisible. He was the sort t...
"Good evening, listeners. Tonight we broadcast the second installment of our interview with Joe Williams, author of '500 Annies'. In case the you missed the first broadcast, here is a quick recap. Joe gave us an overview of his life, leading up to his wife leaving him suddenly after almost three decades of marriage. He was taken completely by surprise, send...
Sara was a woman of her times, productive and overloaded. She had become so many things, but overwhelmed, more and more, was what she felt each day. To her any extra free time, seemed to be taken over by even more urgent things. Finding time for herself had been neglected for so long. She could almost guarantee me time, didn't just happen. How could it? With...
"And knowing that you always sleep naked is meant to make it easier for me to cope at night?" We shared the same surname and the conference centre had assumed we were married. No matter that I had booked a single room over a year ago. Suzie had booked at the last minute as had a number of others providing the organisers and the centre with some logistical h...
Day 13 13, October 2218 **Mexico City, Mexico** Mexico, Region 2 Waking up and getting up out of his bed. Oscar walked into his bedroom bathroom to wash his face. His dark infernal wife, Menja, who was now impregnated with her husband's seed; slept soundly and undisturbed. He stared at himself in his mirror after splashing his face with cold water. He wo...
I begrudgingly started going to the gym three days a week after I had triple bypass surgery. The cardiologist prescribed exercises to keep my heart healthy. I joined a local gym and started the cardio program, at first it was a chore, but over time, it became part of my daily routine. Tread milling away listening to my MP3 player and watching the people com...
Spring. Spring is a time of renewal, a time for life. All of the trees are starting to turn green with new leaves. Cherry blossoms are rampant. The warmth brings children out to play in the streets again. Birds are singing, and building nests. Housewives hang their bedding out to air after the long, harsh winter. In Japan, the spring of 1945 was a time of...
Life has been nonstop lately. But we finally found the time to get away, get out of town for a little bit. I do love when it's just us in the world. It's only a 3 Hour drive from the forest we live in to the Golden Gate Bridge that is the gateway to our destination. It's been a long time since we've been to the city together, but this time we go in search of...
Maddy, whose name was abbreviated from Madhav worked as an investment banker. It was a swish job for his times. Lavish office, fancy car, massive apartment, rich tastes, the works. He made good money. He had never made good use of the money though. He had neither the time nor the inclination to break momentum and take a vacation. His trusted secretary Vicky...
After my first experience at the glory hole I kind of told myself that it was a onetime thing. It had been a fantasy and I checked that particular one from my list and that was that...or so I thought. As it turns out every time I drove anywhere near that dirty old bookstore I would think about that night and about all those hard stranger cocks and how it goo...