"I think Adam might be cheating on me." Lilly's tearful message sunk in as I hung up the phone. The bottom of my stomach dropped out. I thought about everything I knew of Adam. Was he capable of it? Of course -- with his easy charm and flirtatious manner he could have any woman he wanted. He had a deeper, darker side than the one he generally presented to...
Erratic steering told its own story: a puncture. Thirty miles from home, late on a chill night after a business dinner as unproductive as it had been boring. When I called the breakdown service they were sympathetic to the plight of a woman alone but said the best they could predict was forty-five minutes. It was a surprise to see a vehicle pulling in behin...
"That's the bathroom in there Diesel. Get some Kleenex if you need it." "Yeah I fucking need it. I'm surprised I still have my front teeth. Goddamn!" Madison watched Diesel fling open the bathroom door and disappear inside. She'd turned off the intercom even though the worst had already been done for the audience right outside her door. Madison sat on her...
A hand touched my ankle and was followed by a soft voice. "Where were you?" He asked. "I was under a truck hiding from a sniper. You?" I whispered back as I climbed out of bed to put on my shoes. I remembered where I really was, I had met an American friend Timothy in Kentucky for a weekend of camping in his trailer with his wife and kids. He and I worke...
"If you aren't here for sex, then why are you here?" Lacey asked. It was a reasonable question, given that we were sitting in the bar area of a brothel. "I have some very specific fantasies, things that I would never ask a civilian to do," I said. "Why not?" "Too embarrassing. I don't even know if I can tell you," I said. "There's nothing you can tell me...
If you have read any of the other stories that I have submitted, you will have guessed that they are fiction. This one is faction. Agde is a real place. Yuuki is a real person. We really did spend three weeks in Agde last summer. The descriptions of Agde and of what happened there are as accurate as I can remember. Nothing is made up, except the descriptions...
"And I've received a notice that I'm to be burned as a witch next Tuesday." "Umm, that's nice, babe. Is there any more coffee in the pot?" "Because, silly me, I thought that living in Salem, Virginia, would be different than living in Salem, Massachusetts, where I lived the last time I was burned at the stake. But, of course, it's not at all different—exce...
- -Hey, bay. It's your dad. We'll be coming down to visit.- - Joanne looked down at the answering machine in confusion as she got ready for class. The parents hadn't come to visit her since she was at the dorms. Something was up or they had another reason for being in the area. - - I thought I'd call and tell you. We'll be there to visit an old friend, so...
Note to readers: Sometimes when we finally find that special someone, it is too easy for the real world responsibilities of work and growing families to intrude. We forget the things that first made us lovers, before we were man and wife. When that happens, we leave the door open to others. This is a story of one couple's recommitment to one another in just...
It's my first evening out since I moved out of the house. I haven't seen you or the dog in weeks, and though I am attending the wedding of a couple we both know, the bride has assured me that you had another engagement, and wouldn't be attending either the wedding or the reception. So I agreed to go, and I sat through the ceremony like a stone, my eyes downc...