The travelers were exhausted by the time they piled into the SUV Sunday evening at the airport and headed for Sparta. As Paula drove, Steve spoke on the phone with Clyde Davis for quite some time. When he finished the call, he related his conversation to the group. "True to his word, Clyde has the completed screenplay in his possession. Now he's concerned a...
Halfway from Texas to Kansas, Jack Leatherman suspected that this was the toughest cattle drive he had ever been on. By the time they got to Abilene he was sure of it. The weather had been hot, dry and windy. The heat and lack of rain had seared the prairies, stunting the grass and leaving little for the herd to graze on. Compounding the problem was the fact...
Our marriage and family relationship continued to evolve as the children grew older. While we both loved all the children, and they loved us, the bonds grew stronger between certain pairs. For example, Brittany and Shavonda had grown very close. And Ethan, while he was also close to Shavonda, felt I could do no wrong. Miracle also gravitated towards me more...
Chimera Isle was as perfect as it sounded. The ocean a deep blue, the trees full, with intense green leaves, the air warm and intoxicating. Cambry gazed around in awe as she gathered her luggage from the employee van. Looking around, she knew this was going to be a hell of a summer. "Are you ready?" asked Keeli excitedly. She hadn't stopped talking about it...
19 Sending a Message "Good afternoon, this is Bethany Carmichael for the Samantha Tannon Show, reporting from Harmon County here in the great state of Texas. The people of Harmon decided that talking about taking a stand against drugs was not enough when they discovered that their former sheriff, Rosa Ortiz, was selling drugs to their children. They decide...
This story is dedicated to Faye Skylark - the inspiration for this story and a terrific fellow author. All characters in this story are aged 18 or above. Part 01 (Faye Does Halloween) "Trick or treat!" Faye sang out as the door opened. The supercute brunette flashed the householder a huge smile as she held out a small plastic bowl, shaped like a pumpkin,...
(From the Charlotte Diamond mystery series) "Look at that snow come down. It looks like we'll be socked in at the Peak Lodge. I'm sorry, Charlotte. It was inconsiderate for me to drag you along. It's no way for you to have to spend Christmas." "Just being able to be in the same room with you on Christmas, even if across a banquet hall, is enough for me," C...
I first saw her in the food line. She was beside me feeding her plate with salad. With the way she was hunched over I couldn't resist looking down her black blouse. I was discrete. I hit her with a few indirect glances, looking in her direction but not exactly at her. Her cleavage was mighty; her breasts were very well developed. Then when she stood up to sl...
Lucy sprawled restlessly across the rumpled sheets of the bed, the sheets thrown aside in the balmy still air of the summery July night. Beside her, her husband Ralph snored contently, occasional fumes of Guinness drifting towards her. She wrinkled her nose, disgusted, then tried to rearrange her naked limbs into a more comfortable sleeping position, to no a...
8: Hot Lips In a ten room apartment just off Fifth Avenue on 65th Street, Mr. Phelps Phelps was leaning forward to touch his wife's chin with the fingers of his right hand. Mr. Phelps was standing and Mrs. Phelps was sitting just in front of him. Mr. Phelps wore a dark suit, a gray silk tie, a white handkerchief in the left breast pocket of his jacket. Mrs....