Holly first became aware of the sensation of warmth of the new day, then the light of the advancing sun. She remained motionless for a few minutes, letting the sense impressions gradually stir her sleepy mind, and then she stretched her body under the single sheet that covered it. The cotton fabric grazed her nipples, awakening another sort of sensation, and...
I graduated from a directional state university in Illinois in 1991 with a double major in accounting and finance. I went through on-campus interviewing and was lucky (or smart) enough to get a job in beautiful, exotic... Milwaukee. Okay, maybe Milwaukee isn't on par with San Francisco or Seattle or Miami, but at the time the economy was in the tank and I wa...
Interview Room 4 11th. Precinct Milwaukee Police Department. A portly female says, "Listen to this tape Officer..." - She presses the PLAY button. The Officer listens attentively to the female voice coming from the machine – ‘I am making this tape so you will understand I had to kill Daddy – he was insane you see. I shall post this to you after Sarina and...
"Ok Bill, you don't have to tell me again. I told you I'd meet your wife's friend. It's just a low keyed dinner with your wife Theresa and her friend Marie. Ok. I get it." "Look, she's a really great person." "Oh no, that means she's 80 lbs over weight and has 25 cats." "Stop it Jim. No she isn't and she doesn't." He looked at me in exasperation. I gave...
Author's note: I hadn't planned to write this. I had only one story in mind - one year in the messy, unfinished life, and the messy, unfinished death of Gary Galloway. The idea for this story started percolating as I read public and private comments after the end of my last novel, and before I knew it, I was writing again. You don't need to have read my pr...
This is a follow up to "Black Romance Comes Back" * Elaine's husband John arrived home and saw that the lawn hadn't been cut, nor anything else had been done. There were weeds still in the flowerbeds around the house. That didn't upset him due to he was consumed by the revelation he had during his meeting. Walking into his house briskly, he immediately ca...
Book One of The Trust Trilogy Tess Quince Chapter Thirteen BEN KNOCKS HARD ON MY door again. It startles me. Why does he do that? I know it's six without checking the clock. He would be exactly on time. That's who he is. The table is set. The salad is ready, I just put the potatoes in the oven a half hour ago and was waiting until he got here to cook the...
Monday ( 12-27-65) between Christmas and New Years 1965 continued After calling the school in Milwaukee we decided to drive down on Tuesday and get all the paperwork in order for me skipping a semester and pay for the next semester. The morning went by rather fast as we had not gotten up till about 9:30 am and after calling the school we had a "sex" break...
"Dammit, get out of here, this is my rocket! Not yours! Git!" On the small screen, Jessie waved her hand through cobwebs, scattering the gossamer threads to the breeze. She moved around the cramped metal confines of the nose of the rocket slide, breaking up webs and pitching trash out between the close-set bars before finally settling down cross-legged on t...
Author's Note: Early on in this chapter is a brief description of a video depicting a terrorist attack. If this is bothersome to you, it would be easiest for you to skip it by jumping ahead to the third set of ###. Thanks again for reading, voting, and commenting. All your feedback is appreciated. ### August ### "Hey, you texted? What did you...oh."...