Summer of '83 +++++ Yet another hot and sticky day, it wasn't quite as oppressive as it had been in recent weeks. It may have been over three weeks since our part of the world started baking in the current heat wave; but only two weeks since things had really heated up at my younger brother's downtown apartment. The past two weeks spent with the baby offere...
I closed my eyes and thought about my husband, Jim, and our neighbor, Steve. Laughing to myself, I bet Jim was fishing my panties out of the hamper right now and checking them to see if they were a prize Steve would appreciate. I already knew they were, because I looked for myself when I took them off. There was a good size wet spot, a mixture of my secretio...
A lot has happened recently at the old homestead. My parents had bought a new house and were trying to get the old one sellable before they put it on the block. They'd already moved into their new place in North Carolina and were letting me live in the old place in the Bronx provided I do the fix up work within a year. One of the major problems with the hou...
I was trying my best to just flow with it, not think too much. I always think too much. Feel, just feel. Breathe, that's the key thing. Be sure to keep breathing. In and out. Nice and easy and smooth. I could get through this. And don't look! I couldn't look. I will soon, I promised myself. But not yet. Breathe. I stood in our bedroom. My back to our bed....
Sally watched as her husband of fifteen years came in the house. He gave her a peck on the cheek as he passed on the way to the refrigerator. He turned and looked at her as he popped the top on a can of Bud. "Where are you off to this evening?" he asked. "I have to go to a meeting of the PTA. The kids are at Mom's. She will feed them then send them home. Y...
"I don't know about you," I commented, "but I would definitely call this grand opening a success." I stood at the entryway to the office with the owner, my neighbor Katherine. The Friday night opening of her coffee shop had attracted more customers than I had expected, even given the extremely close proximity to the university. As I slowly sipped at my thi...
My name is Ariel. I'm twenty, and come from a poor family in the countryside. It's a beautiful place: all you could see was green for miles, we had a few grand poui trees, there were a couple of undulating hills here and there and from the top of one hill in particular you could see the entirety of the orange tree estate owned by Mr. Eli, our closest neighbo...
This is the first of a series of stories inspired by songs. In this case, "In a Little While" from the 2000 U2 album, "All That You Can't Leave Behind." ----- Fred paused over his arithmetic to gaze out his bedroom window. It was lightly fogged, and heavy drops of rain spattered it relentlessly. His mind was a thousand miles away - well, really, about five...
Based on a true event that happened in Melbourne.... Please don't forget to vote and provide feedback. ++++++++++++ Wendy rubbed her neck as she sat at her computer desk in her bedroom and contemplated another lonely week. A neighbor, whose husband was interstate on business, had invited her to come over for lunch by her pool but Wendy wasn't interested in...
Long ago, Mars was a thriving, bustling planet. Its three billion inhabitants lived in peace and harmony, enjoying the fruits of an industrialized society. They had even ventured out into space, having managed to send their very first satellite into orbit. They had hoped to find their place in the universe. What they discovered was an asteroid. They glimps...