I was cleaning our bedroom and as I put my husband John's house shoes under the bed, I noticed a small business card lying near the foot post. Bending down, I picked it up. Turning it over, I read "HEAVENLY CLOUD-Gentleman's Club." What in the world was this doing in our bedroom? Had John dropped this? The address was on the other side of town so I decided t...
Eight There were three middle-aged men waiting for us and after the briefest of introductions and the usual fussing over Vincent we were taken through to where the capsule was being 'studied'. The shell was still in one piece but the inner liner and a lot of the life support was lying on the bench next to it. 'Got to it, Vinnie,' I thought, and watched as...
Carina Tam was red faced and outraged. "I won't do it," said the Hong Kong actress. "No way. She recrossed her legs in the tight skirt, glowering as she faced Gary Leung. "You'll do as you're told," replied the boss of the Hongkong film world. Leung exercised total control over a large stable of chinese actresses and singers who were dependent on him to...
She awoke from her deep sleep and her mouth was dry. It tasted like a sweaty bear's armpit and she tried with limited success to encourage saliva into her mouth. She licked her dry lips needing a drink. "What a night!" She groaned and looked around her surroundings and groaned. Yet another room she didn't recognise! Sleeping bodies were strewn on the fl...
Trick or Tryst: A Boggle's Revenge Kierlhyn loved Halloween. It was the time of year when people's imaginations ran wild. Anything was possible with enough preparation and dedication. Many of her friends threw elaborate parties, letting their creativity free in a bid to outdo each other. Of course it helped that her life surrounded her with artists from acr...
Darryl walked slowly down the recently mopped, tiled hallway. Tears leaked from his eyes. It wasn't just from his visit. It was also the ammonia-based cleaning fluid's smell that barely covered the urine smell present throughout the nursing home. He had just come from seeing his wife or, rather, the shell of his wife. Alzheimer's had robbed her of any recent...
Tom "Tom, we need to speak before I go out. So, could you come here?" I was sitting on the rear porch at the time, reading the paper. It was news to me that Nicole was going out. She was good that way, always keeping me involved and up to date. She hadn't mentioned a word of not being home, which struck me as odd. I started up the steps to the second flo...
I. Sarah, Amy, Terry, Terry's daughter Mel, and I went together to the club Sarah belongs to the following Saturday. It was about 50 miles out of town in a very rural area. It can be very scenic in the fall, but ordinarily is not that interesting in the spring and summer. However, Amy and Sarah found a way to make the drive interesting by insisting that all...
An Earth Day story--at sea. Thanks to Voluptuary Manque, 3113, findmeinnh, stephen55, Stella Omega, Zeb Carter, Dual Triode, vrosej10, and that incomparable author and technical adviser Penn Lady, my fellow hangers-out at AH! Salut! Mistress and Commander - The Far Side of the World Margarethe's eyes flicked over the Fathometer, then the tach, then out to...
It was just another Saturday night at the University of Calgary, on the surface. The fact that it was the weekend meant little, for the bustling urban campus was always full of people. The local Tim Horton's and Starbucks stayed open late, and with good reason. Tonight, there were quite a few strangers on campus. Men and women of all hues who had come from a...