I have the world’s best job. And the world’s best boss. But then I’ve been in love with him a long time. When we were seniors in high school, Tristan was the bronze Australian Greek god of an exchange student. Ok, you’re going to say he couldn’t be an Australian Greek god, but believe me, it was true. I did everything I could to get him to notice me. At the...
Hi, my name's Ronni Brady, and I'm a feature writer with New York Eye, the internationally renowned humorous news and current affairs magazine. I'm known for my acerbic wit and laconic style. You may have heard of me – I also have a regular newspaper column that's syndicated across the country, and I've been a regular guest on shows like Letterman and the La...
Note to the readers. Just wanted to say thank you for reading and liking my stories so far. I am humbled by your kind words. I know I've made some grammatical errors and I promise to proofread my submissions more carefully. I have lots of ideas for several stories with some series stories also. I don't want to overwhelm my readers, so I will space my stories...
She arrived suddenly about three months before the project was scheduled to complete. The boss said she was an auditor. Auditors are not unusual on construction projects as large as many of those handled by our firm. My name is Todd McGuire. I am the project manager for a major renovation of the office building next door to our company headquarters. I norma...
Authors Note: I ask everyone to please not take this one too seriously. I believe I am drunk writing this, at the very minimum I am tipsy. Possibly I am sloshed! I was just watching some early Warner Brothers cartoons I had not seen in years and loved them. This popped into my head and I need to write it! So bear with me, and pray my spell checker does a...
As I sat in Mary's kitchen, naked as the day I was born, while we shared a breakfast of pancakes, I couldn't help but think how life can take sudden, strange turns. Two days ago, I didn't even know this older woman who had spanked me to tears in her living room just a few steps away. As I ate, Mary told me about herself. She was far from the "old spinster"...
"Good Morning, this is the Governor's office. How may I help you?" "Good Morning, Leslie, this is Senator Reingold. Is the Governor available?" "Good to hear from you, sir, let me check." After several minutes, the Governor came on the phone. "Good Morning, Bruce, what's going on?" "Good morning, sir. A situation's come up and I'm going to resign from th...
My name is Callie Charlotte Carruthers, and I am a spinster. I will be 100 years old on my next birthday which is not necessarily a blessing. But I am in possession of all my faculties and require very little assistance. I live in a suite of rooms atop the Carruthers Hotel. Few townspeople even know I’m here; I had gone to live in Europe- when my marriage fa...
I had just turned 21 when I landed my first job. I was not just excited that I was going to be financially independent. I was also going to live on my own for the first time in my life for my office was located in Hyderabad where I had no family or friends. Having lived all my life with family and being extremely shy by nature, I was looking forward to this...
Joyce 2 - Flatulent confession It was 6pm in the London offices of Clutterbuck Legal Publishers, Bell Yard, EC2. Manager Joyce Tipson was sitting in her office chatting to Julie, her secretary. The year was 1972 and the building was deserted because the employees had all gone home with the exception of Joyce, Julie and one other – your humble scribe, John...