From time to time I get requests from readers to write a specific story for them. There are a few I don't bother with but most I will consider. This is one of them. In this case the unnamed reader was very specific at what he or she wanted from the story. I just hope I fulfilled their requirements and they like what I've written. * * * * * * * * * * * *...
It was a balmy September morning in Rome when Sister Juliana and I went to shop for fresh vegetables. The market was bustling with local restauranteurs and minions of the wealthy, anxious to find the best produce for the day's menus. Walking through the market purposefully, we looked everything over before approaching a vendor to haggle. We knew several of t...
Abby spent the next few days exploring the surrounding country. She found Porlock, Lynmouth and Lynton taking the Cliff railway from the one to the other. Another day and Barnstaple, Torrington and South Molton were on her visiting list. She parked her car, and on foot explored all these places, thus discovering a most delicious Cream Tea in Dulverton, which...
The furor surrounding the leaking of the data from the Ashley Madison website is still erupting. The data has reinforced what everyone already knows, that there are around ten times more men than women seeking sex outside marriage. So why are men surprised; shocked, to discover that they have been trapped into a sex scam. What? A sex scam! Who would have th...
This is my very first attempt at this sort of writing, and also my first submission. Please go kindly on me. Marphisa looked at her toes, so unfamiliar in these shiny, black, patent leather shoes. How could this happen? How could fate be so cruel as to make her live through this day, when she hadn't yet reached her eighth birthday? As Marphisa looked out...
In Dreams By Denham Forrest (The Wanderer) My thanks go to the folks who have assisted me in preparing this story for posting. A few clarifications that might assist the uninitiated and/or those from foreign parts. Emmet: A Cornish (and West country) term for holidaymakers or seasonal visitors. Punter: A person who is (unwittingly) gambling on the...
Abby wondered if she had overstepped the bounds, until James suddenly began to speak. "In many ways I was only playing at being an Officer, I viewed it as part of my training really to become Landlord here. Oh it was fun and I enjoyed it, that is until the Falklands happened. You know it is rather exciting to enjoy that sort of life, believing that you will...
Spelling is Kissock English * * * INTRODUCTION President Brown's daughter Chantilly disliked being jobless and socially isolated on the allegedly sun-drenched tropical island of breeze-caressed coconut palms and mile-long white-sand beaches that tourist brochures label unabashedly, 'A Romantic Dream Destination' and 'Fantasy Island Is One Credit Card Zap...
Sam White is your better than average guy – short clipped grey hair washed every third day, clean fingernails, polite to woman, kind to children and is morally sound. Well, almost. At 63, Sam would still be actively engaged in sex but his wife ran off with her fitness trainer, so he's not bothered to find a replacement and that means going without. When you...
Abby and James left at nine-thirty that Sunday morning, Abby without thinking getting into the passenger seat so that James could drive. He took the road through Paverton and across the moor to Wheddon Cross and then down to Bishops Lydeard and Taunton. Abby was puzzled. "Why did you come this way?" "There is a lot less traffic on this road. It's a bit long...