Author's note: Originally I intended to submit a story entitled "Homage" a tribute to an author whose stories I've enjoyed immensely. Because, I never got permission to use his name as my protagonist, I'm submitting this instead. It is a simple lighthearted flash story. No sex. No real drama. Beaucoup cheating, however. Finally, I believe I've kept within...
The Beginning I just graduated high school and was playing with the idea of majoring in psychology in college though my parents were absolutely against it. For three years I've studied psychology on my own; I've probably read around thirty books and as many articles throughout my high school years. The only way my parents were going to let me major in psych...
The traffic on the 210 freeway was moving along at 75 to 80 miles an hour even though the posted limit is 65 miles per hour. As every good driver should do, Garie noticed the traffic had completely stopped in the carpool and fast lanes, with the slower lanes still moving. She tried to merge to the right but was in the middle of a pack of cars and could not d...
Clap ... Clap ... Clap-Clap-Clap Clap ... Clap ... Clap-Clap-Clap The characteristic clapping sound that heralds the arrival of the hijras rent the air as dawn was breaking on Navami - the ninth day of the bright fortnight, and effectively the last day of Durga puja. Hijras are a community of third genders - not eunuchs, not transgenders, not homosexuals,...
Awareness came somewhat painfully as Estelle Jones blinked her eyes in the early morning sun that filled the small hotel room. It took the 42-year-old woman a few moments to fully take in her surroundings and remember where she was. The last thing she clearly remembered was being in the hotel bar with a few of her associates. She had never really been that m...
We were very much a typical middle class, empty nest couple in our mid-fifties. Both Cindy and I had been previously married to others. We had also been divorced and single for awhile before we met. We had been married to each other for 12 wonderful years. She was 3 years younger than me and certainly more attractive. Another difference was height. She was j...
-Derek- I can't believe I have to go to this judge and plead the case of why I don't have to pay child support to my ex-wife. I can't believe this, because I have my son right now, because she dropped him off and left him with a stranger. What am I paying for exactly? "Your honor, this is absurd," my lawyer says to the judge, who's sitting at the desk, his...
Same as the last one, enjoy. As always comments are welcome but try to keep it constructive. - Before we made the last jump to the mountain the bunker was at, Fourteen pulled us all aside and told us there was a defense system in place, he didn't quite know what it was but his uncle had bragged about it, saying that people who lived out in the desert would...
Under normal circumstances, I would have thought it odd that a statuesque redhead would be waking me in what appeared to be my room in Ms Marjorie's house. These were hardly normal circumstances though. The IV tube leading from my arm, coupled with a severe ache in my abdomen confirmed that something strange was going on. You see, the spathic, though aged vi...
I slid the pretty blue drink across the table to you, eager to see if you liked the new recipe I found on Pinterest? "What is this?" you asked, intrigued by the smile on my face. "It is a drink I had in the Caribbean and have been wanting to try and make...but it is also a clue to the fantastic surprise I have in store for you this evening. I did promise...