For Sam, there was something slightly intimidating about large corporations. Perhaps it was the vast, open spaces of marble and brass elevators, the enormous windows overlooking from the 17th story an immaculate plaza below. Perhaps it was the power suits, and the executives downing an egg roll as they listened intently to their messages on cell phones like...
"I can't believe I'm so nervous." - "Humph, I can't believe I'm talking to myself." - "Oh well at least talking to myself will give me something to do." "At least I know why I'm so nervous. It's my first official date with Gwen and I'll be getting the once over by her mom." "I've got to make sure there are no screw ups. Let me see...tickets - check. Wall...
She didn't notice him come in to the Cafe'. She just turned around and he was standing there waiting to be seated. He was tall, had dark hair and the most amazing smile she had ever seen. She picked up a menu and asked if he preferred smoking or non. He answered smoking, and when his voice hit her ears she felt her stomach do flip-flops. His voice was deep a...
Everyone is different, when we lay to slumber we visualize different things, dreams, and nightmares. These force-filled images have the power to hinder or inspire the trek down life's path. But where do these sparks derive their seemingly infinite power, our imaginations do require energy. The power to choose, to be, to do, to create the traits that of which...
It smells. It smells everywhere. But not as much so in this stairway. God, it’s a stench of dead insects and sour cheese mixed with sauerkraut under an Arabic towel. This isn’t my league, I should go. Then I remember what’s up four floors – Zelda. I met her at the arch welding class on Greystone Ave. in the Bronx. She couldn’t have looked more than ei...
"So, Heinrich," the pistol-wielding woman in front of me said as I followed her down the forest path, watching her ass move nicely under her tight skirt, "Looks like you have a pretty good setup here. You grow the dope, get some hippie sluts to tend it for you, and get your dick sucked whenever you want!" The slick-haired guy behind me sniggered, and I loo...
Sirens filled my ears with their screams of urgency. Through the wails and horns I could hear voices, harsh, barking voices. I could not discern the words they spoke through the chaos of sound around me. Slowly the sensation of cold began to flood over my body, cold and wet. I felt wet. A sharp pain from my shoulder jerked my body, my head rolled to the side...
It was supposed to be a business meeting. He had flown in from Australia to meet with her publisher. She was merely a junior assistant, first reader of the slush pile, but she had passed his manuscript on to the higher-ups, so he guessed he owed her one. They met at the Stephen F. Austin hotel, a quiet cocktail bar, two strangers who had only spoken by E-ma...
Who knows how long it was before I came to. It was still raining heavily. I had a splitting headache and my vision was swimming. My body was killing me, and my injuries on my arm had reopened, gushing blood. "That's my blood. That's, a lot......of my blood," I said out loud, struggling to speak clearly and clear my head. I tried to stand up but couldn't. Wha...
"This must be your lucky day Ving" said Vickie, the smiling desk clerk at the Carlos Hotel. "Gabriel said to give you the 'honeymoon suite' and there are a couple of girls around who they say put on a very interesting show." "That's something that would really interest me Ving told her. Be sure to send them up to see me if they just happen to stroll in."...