Chapter 1 - Charlie's Birthday Why do most people assume that men and women who are friends must be secretly dating or fucking? I have never understood why men and women can't be close friends like women are with each other and men are with each other. Granted, at times, friendships like these can cross borders and turn into something different for a glimps...
I'm fascinated by the fact of creative repetition; in fact, I envy it and aspire to it. It's a curious thing about art and stories that appeals to me, so I will try to explain. When I was a kid, I got my first viewings of the James Bond movies "The Spy Who Loved Me" and "Moonraker" one weekend, back-to-back. There was a big snow out, I think either school w...
After my conversation with Lee I forget the beer and head straight for the hard liquor. Jim, Jack, and Caption Morgan are starting to sound amazing, sadly after 2 shots of Jim I'm feeling carefree. Hoping to avoid Lee at lest a little longer i head to the back yard. Looking around I see Justin and Allison talking to a group of people. Allison catches sight o...
I most likely began to lose my hearing about twenty-five years ago, but it didn't change my life style very much. Early in my career I had taught classes in Parenting, and one of the main emphasis of the class was effective listening. I was good at effective listening and I learned to lip-read without any formal training. A good listener doesn't just hear...
My husband has to take trips out of the country for several weeks each year. Every time he leaves, we both try to give each other a wild night of: "Don't forget me sex!" This time was no different, except I got him so excited, he came before I felt we had "culminated!" This letter is for him and also, you the reader. I want each of you to know how frustrated...
Internet dating is interesting; you never know just who you will meet. Recently, I went on a memorable first date; one that seems to have awoken a part of me I didn't have any idea about. We were at a Japanese restaurant, sitting on the floor at one of those low tables. It had been his choice, and I hadn't known ahead of time where we were going or I might...
Chapter 3: Birds, Bees, and a Serpent in the Garden Mr. Smith and Friday returned from breakfast full. He removed his jacket and without a word climbed the stairs into the bedroom. Friday sat on the couch and opened the newspaper they picked up at breakfast. "Please come up, Friday," Smith called after a few minutes. "Yes, Mr. Smith?" Friday asked as she...
So, you're a popular writer on Lit. You get up to 16 even 30 thousand readers for your stories sometimes. You get positive reader feedback. Some readers say you turned them on, some readers say you changed their life. You get pretty good ratings and even the occasional red H, green E or blue W. So how do you turn this knowledge into money? The best way I h...
Dear readers. I rushed this story a bit in order to give you one final chapter, before a very, very long break. I have left a place for a partially written chapter 60 for which I simply don't have time or enthusiasm to finish these days. FOREWORD The following chapter is part of a single novel length story relating a journey of awakenings, discovery, and...
Again, thank you Angela Love for your proof reading. * I got pepper from my readers for not completing my story "Does Honesty Pay? Of Course Not" submitted some days ago. In my mind the story had an ending, but it seems that the readers did not have the imagination to se that this is what happened when Susan came home: Keith was on the bed waiting for Sus...