"Why not? My dad has a camcorder." "Will he let you use it?" "Um...well, he never uses it." "That's not what he asked, dumbass!" "Hey, knock it off!" a loud voice said, interrupting the other two people. The arguing stopped, and the other two boys waited for their unofficial leader to speak. Like all three of them, Ryan Young was 12 years old. And like...
After completing "The Diary of Jewel Delacroix" I was approached via E-mail by Rachael Ricci Swede and asked if I would consider writing a story idea she had. After a few emails I was intrigued by her idea and agreed to write it. This is an original story by Barbara Jean Goodhead. Written in collaboration with Ideas and Plot Points by Rachael Ricci Swede....
Wednesday, August 14th, 2019. Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany. I was at a car park close to my workplace at the University Clinic Hamburg-Eppendorf, trying to cover my hospital scrubs with my much too warm coat while lighting the Camel Blue cigarette I had needed for at least an hour. The hospital management doesn't want us, the few remaining smokers on staff, t...
Thanks to TH and S for helping me with this story. You are the best. ** "A bunch of us are going out tonight, Shannon," Eva said in the cafeteria, at lunch. "Why don't you come with us?" Immediately Shannon started to say no. David didn't like her to go out at night; he said he worried about her so much, he almost went crazy until she came home safe. Thos...
Chapter 1 - Marital Compromises =============================== When Steve and I were married I'd fully expected it was a day that would bring about a number of significant changes to my life. Of course there was the whole marriage thing to absorb but I'm talking more about changes to my personal lifestyle and moral/ethical commitments. If anyone had asked...
Original story: Scipio Continued: RogueAlan Author's Note: Happy New Year, gang! I know, it's been too long. Real life gets in the way, though, and the time to write isn't always there. And frankly, Ann's story was coming easier than Sharon's... What's left for Sharon to do for us? Not to mention that pesky little continuity thing-- as the story grows lon...
Hiding a Company sniper from drug lord killers. * My name is Bernice McDonald and I am the very happy owner/ operator of a couple of children's day-care centers. I love my life and I love this work. I love children and since I have one of my own this helps satisfy my need to nurture. I have not always felt or recognized this need. I was born in a remote...
The silence during the drive was consuming the attention of the couple in the vehicle. Ray Thompson gazed ahead lost in his private thoughts. Surreptitiously he would allow an occasional peripheral view at his wife, Marilyn. She was concentrating on looking out the passenger side window at whatever caught her interest. Whenever she thought it was safe she wo...
Oh...my...God! Waking up was so much harder than the last time. I wasn't even sure I could open my eyes. I could feel the IV's in my arms as well as electrodes in various parts of my body. I heard the door open and someone approach the bed. They must have hit a button, because I could feel the bed start to rise, putting me in more of a sitting up position....
This story is a continuation of my last story posted which was "I Take a Short Trip to Mexico." Please read that story for background. ++++ The next four days we were busy in Mexico. Each day, I continued to work with my clients and in my various businesses via phone, email and text and Catherine, my fiancée, was supervising the home upgrades and of cour...