I arrived at the Free Press, self-proclaimed New York Times of the Bayou, during the oil boom of the '70s when cash was abundant and apartments not so much. Rents, of course, were unaffordable. Jean-Paul Gelpi came to my rescue with a two-room garage apartment next to his two-room garage apartment atop George Lasseigne's 356 Porsche Speedster – the whole gar...
"Put a shot across her stern, Mr. Jacobs," Captain Seymour Butts yelled. "Uh, Captain, shouldn't that be across her bow?" "You can shoot them where you want them when you're Captain, Mr. Jacobs. However, since I'm the Captain, shoot them where I want them. They don't call me the Booty Pirate for nothing." "Aye, aye, sir." Mr. Jacobs replied as he rolled h...
I was the office geek; if you had software or hardware problems with a single phone call I was there in a flash. I would start at ten in the morning and work till seven, so network fixes could be done after hours. The nice perk to the job was I could wear a t-shirt, nice jeans and tennis shoes. I live for casual dress! Well it was a Friday afternoon; the bui...
People talk about their lives being complicated. It's a fact, everyone's is! But the issues I seem to deal with, are more the incredibly, bizarre situations that arise, from said complications. A while back, I was laid off from my high paying job, of eight years. At the time, I figure I'd take a couple weeks of "Me Time", then, find a new job. Well, seeming...
I knew Jeff through a friend. He was one of those good-looking guys whose reputation preceded him. You could tell, just by the way he acted, that he was dominating and enjoyed taking control. I'd known him for a few years; he was dating a friend of mine. As couples, we enjoyed nights together drinking wine, exchanging playful banter and flirtatious looks......
Author's Note: Hopefully this went through ok and was posted. If you're reading this now I guess it has. I'm glad. While I've got your attention, I'd like to thank everyone who's taken time to read my story, especially those of you who were kind enough to write. Thank you. I hope you continue to enjoy my story. Thanks again to John for all the great editing....
Paula Trickey pt. 1: The Sweetest Dream Man I was so fucking tired. And pissed. Why? Believe me, you don't want to know... But maybe the worst thing for the day was that I had missed one of my favorite shows, Pacific Blue. Not that I gave a fuck about the story or something, but it starred one woman who is like an answer to my prayers. Paula Trickey. You kn...
I hate my mother. She goes out of her way to ruin my life. It was bad enough that I had to live with her in Dewa among all the filthy races. I could have lived with my father at the capital among elves, but no I had to stay with her. Now it's even worse. Mom's taking me to the Woods of Pakona. They should be named the backwoods of Pakona because they're so f...
NOTE: So halfway through writing this, I sort of realized that the way I've been pronouncing 'Aasi' as a shortform of Aasimar actually sounds close to sissy. Intentional? Who knows! ***** Lan took Karee... to the same pub he'd been at last night? It was noon so it was pretty much empty, but the bartender was still there. "You gonna keep him outta trouble...
Tonight was Cyn's first real party after breaking up with Will (real as in; real booze, real drugs, and real people sneaking into the pool to go skinny dipping). Cynthia was never one to do drugs but had a drink from time to time, and really enjoyed going to parties like these but, to be honest, things were always better with her boyfriend around. She had so...