Dear Faithful Readers - Let's start the New Year with a many parts story of love and adventure in the great Northwest. Follow Mickey and his women friends as they discover hard work and hard play! ***** Don't Use Jargon - Part 1 - Mickey has a degree but no job Chapter 1 - Caitlin I was newly graduated from the University of Oregon with a B.A. in English...
Previously on "Come As You Are" - Four lifelong friends reunite for their ten-year high school reunion -- professional chef Brenda Lattimore, celebrity video game streamer Sadie Green (nee Bedford), recently engaged ski instructor Michelle Min, and local business owner Collette Hansen. Over drinks and dinner the night before the reunion, the girls discover t...
Author's Notes: Set in a subtly-alternative near future, this is my first attempt at Sci-Fi. This series takes one perspective on the question of "nature vs nurture" and follows the thread to see where it goes. I don't have it mapped out or anything, so I can't tell you how long it will go. I don't imagine it will be quite the endeavor that "Constant is Cha...
Author's note: Desperate Measures is an anthology consisting of stories related by theme, rather than by character, chronology, or storyline. Accordingly, they can be read in any order, as each installment is a stand-alone entry. * * * Elizabeth Simmons was on the verge of surrendering to despair when The Entertainment and Technology Group, Inc., offered...
"It's kind of early to be out riding a bike, isn't it?" he said pulling up next to her. "I could say the same for you," she said. "Yeah, but I don't have a flat tire and we're quite a ways from town." "I guess I never really thought about that." "Well, lucky for you, I have a patching kit and a pump. Would you like some help?" "That would be nice. Thank...
----=(Taxi Gate 7, Part 1)=---- Taxi gate 7 was a hallway which appeared pleasing to the eye in a neutral manner. Below average human shoulder height the walls were coloured in a calm, not too bright, shade of blue. At shoulder height and above, the walls were also decorated with intricate ornaments. Bronze, gold and a few streaks of black dominated the orn...
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The name is Dan Florintine. Barely twenty one and just having fun, that was me. Six foot tall and in shape at 180 pounds, blond hair kept on the rather long side, cute as a bug's ear, which is word for word what Mom told me lots of times. Easy to believe, the mirror told me the same thing. Lopsided "up to something" grin, quick with a wisecrack, and growing...
Author's Note: This is my sixth semi-annual "invitational." The initial one was based on the Statler Brother's song, "This Bed of Rose's." The second used the Marty Robbins El Paso trilogy: "El Paso" "El Paso City " and "Faleena." The third had stories based on the various versions of "Maggie May" or "Maggie Mae." The fourth invitational was based on any Co...
Eighth of nine parts. Copyright 2009 by F. Diriger -15- David Gwynn was talking enthusiastically to Diane when I came into the kitchen for dinner on Tuesday. She gave me a significant glance as she finished recounting her triumph with Charlie O'Hara, who'd just asked her to his house for a study date. Diane seemed happy, reminiscing that it seemed Gwynn...