Admittedly, I grew up in a different era. Despite the turbulent sixties, the nineteen-seventies still held some of the family values espoused by television of the era such as Little House on the Prairie or the Waltons. This was especially true for me since I grew up in a small Southern town. We lived in the same two-bedroom house that my great-grandparents h...
Please note that all characters within this story are 18 years old or older, unless specified otherwise. This story takes place in high school, which means that a high school senior is typically age 18. All feedback and votes are appreciated. ***** Oak Ridge High was a small town school nestled on the highest point in Oak Hills. The school's football fiel...
February 7, 2027 The New York Times Book Review Sophie Nakamura, Chief Critic MY JOURNEY By President Mark Robinson 560 pp. Random House. $39.99. Did Elle Macpherson destroy a presidency? That's the impression one can't help taking away from former President Mark Robinson's new memoir, "My Journey," released a little over a year after Marty Fox's "Fu...
©2011 1946EW Gregg Owens was smiling broadly as he reached under the table and brought out the 2 X 4. As he held the polished 3 ft. hickory slab, most of the other party goers of his firm also begin smiling, most with shit-eating grins. Eyes flitted from Maude Roukema, the sexagenarian bookkeeper, to Rodney Skelton, the 19-year old office boy. Rod was not s...
Author's Notes: M and M Coltsfoot is a work of fiction. The characters and plot represent no known people or actions. The geographical locations in Texas and elsewhere are quite real, however, and described as best as the author can make such description. The same is true of the several universities mentioned in the story. This will be a rather lengthy and m...
The distant sound of a siren woke Jessie briefly in the early morning. Almost immediately the yips and wails of the pack answered back. It only took a couple of minutes for the ambulance to rush by on the highway below the hill and then everything settled down again, the soft background hum of a sleeping city soothing her back to sleep. As she showered in t...
Author's Notes: Gang Aft Agley is a work of fiction, no characters or situations have any basis in known persons. The story continues the theme I generally use, that of a happily married couple wherein the wife attempts to add a lover to the family mix. In this story the couple has a girl child. Let me be very clear, the child is not involved in any way in a...
The little blue screen lights up as the video begins, the audio being transmitted directly to your audio implant. "We thank you for choosing Stellar Gold, the finest shuttle service, now with service to all 7 connected Galaxies with 2 more scheduled by 2475. Please enjoy this 10 minute video." The year is 2469 humanity has known that they are not t...
My name is Sam Nicholas, that's Santa Claus to you. Yea, I know, I know. I am just a fantasy character, right? Well, I have been living in this little piece of crap hut perched up here on the North Pole for decades now, freezing my goddam balls off just to get presents out to your little snotnosed spoiled rotten brats, so believe in me or not. I don't give...
Chapter 12 The Color Barrier as Bill Saw It & Albert Spalding Bill's host, the Reverend Howard Pentecost's brown eyes crinkled at the corners. "C'mon," he said, "we'll be more comfortable in my office." He led me up the aisle to the front of the church then turned to the right. We went through a door and I found myself in a small, but very comfortable off...