I met James Dennis at a nearby café and, after coffee and doughnuts; we walked two blocks to the train station and waited for the train to arrive. I should take a moment to describe Mr. James Dennis to the reader. He was a tall, well-favored young man, dressed to the nines in tight-fitting dark brown slacks which were pegged at the cuffs in the current fas...
1. The bait "You should definitely try and lay your hands on some of them," said James. "I will try ... you have persuaded me," replied Sean. They were sitting in Sean's spacious porch, overlooking the still unworked fields of his recently acquired farm. Sean was a European who had invested a part of his heritage in a farm located in a tropical area, and...
(Note, I revised and resubmitted Chapter 1, coz I didn't like it.) Chapter 1 Josh took Rachel's advice to heart. He buried his fiery anger and outrage at the abominable situation in Jericho deep in his chest and let it smolder silently, as he made an effort to look at things and positively. It was like a mental switch, and life looked brighter. He liked...
So, on this particular Tuesday morning in April, toward the end of third period to be exact, I was kneeling astride a phys ed teacher and football coach, Lance Lightsaber (better known as "Jumbo"), who was flat on his back behind a pile of Monday's dirty laundry in the back corner of the War Memorial High School weight training room. And I was about to do wh...
Hello BPV fans! I'm sorry it's been so long, but life happens and gets in the way of your writing. This chapter serves as a sequel to BPV: Bombshells and is actually a prequel to Chapter 1. It has flashbacks to World War II, so it's pretty necessary to read Bombshells first. Once again, thank you to 'Hell of a Critic'; this story was a big collaborative ef...
I worked for companies for about thirty years. I always made a decent living. We have a nice home (and mortgage), my daughters have no student loans, we’ve managed to upgrade our cars every few years. So it’s been a good life. But it’s been close to a hand-to-mouth life. If I lost my income for any appreciable time we’d have been in big trouble. But that’s a...
I have had a lot of fun writing this story, which will have many chapters. I read somewhere that a novel should have good beginning, a mild climax in the middle, and a major climax at the end. This story has a lot more climaxes, that is, the characters do. I like stories here to have three pages, but this first chapter will be longer to include a first clima...
(Author's Intro.... This story (Episode 2) is a 'prequel' to the 'A Day In Gotham' series that I wrote a year or so ago. In particular, it precedes 'Batgirl's Dilemma' which is the first story that I wrote and technically is Episode 3 in the series. I always had it in mind to come back to Batgirl at some stage (she's such a fun character!) and fill in some...
Preface: This is a long story. I started fiddling with it back in April 2013. It has seven parts. Each one is long, but they are all completed. I'll put one up every day or so. There may be places where my expertise with regard to certain social activities don't match yours. If you find I don't measure up to your better understandings please accept this for...
Author's Note: This is a novella that will appear in four parts, two chapters each. It's the third in a loose chain that is my ode to 1980's pulp trash novels. You don't need to read the award winning Out Of The Past or Love On The Run (both on this site) to enjoy this story, but if you'd like to that's the order. I hope you enjoy, and comments/ratings are w...