It had been many months since the demise of my last relationship, and the forced isolation it had brought was beginning to take its toll. It seems that when relationships end so do many friendships. I had thrown myself into my work at the local library, working long hours to escape the pain that was my constant companion. Earlier that evening I had watched a...
Predictably, the lock made a discernible clunk as our scarlet front door creaked open. It was a familiar sound. A sound which represented the repetitive mundanity of my life; the routine of stagnant boredom. Same old work, same old dinners, same old house - the same old sex. That's not to say the sex was bad. My wife, Niamh, was a total knockout. She turne...
Peggy sat sipping a rum and coke and wondered why her husband Dave was out so much lately. For the last three months he was gone more than he was home and their sex life was suffering badly. She gazed out the window and was shocked to see her husband in an embrace with the black lady that lived next door. Peggy ran to her neighbors house and peeked through t...
The tour bus pulled out of the parking lot, leaving the memories of the last concert behind. The sibling members of the country music band 'The Band Perry' relaxed in the lounge area of the bus after they performed for the troops in Fayetteville, North Carolina. They were now on the road for the trip to Memphis, Tennessee and a concert the next night. This t...
Steven answered the door and I could hear him talking to the distinctive voice of Maria as they walked towards the kitchen. As they entered I almost burst into tears I was such a nervous wreck. To make matters worse, Maria was different than I had imagined from her voice. I had visions of her being the old school-ma'am type in her 50's. But instead she was t...
I have lived in the village all my life, as have my parents. It is a nice place to live but sometimes it felt suffocating, everybody knows everybody’s business and rarely new people came here. This is why I can remember the exact date when I first saw her 28th August 99. I was walking to the local shop when I saw a removal van outside Old Mrs Thomas’s cotta...
Chapter One: Diapers for Three Alan Bartholomew lay alone in bed listening for the sound he was longing to hear. Torturous minutes passed slowly until he heard the sound of his own front door closing. It was 7:30am and his daughter, Melissa had finally left for work. Nineteen-year-old Melissa Bartholomew had only recently returned to live with her father....
"Hey Blaize? Mr. B wants to see you in his office right away. It's just through those wooden doors." Elsie not so quietly whispered. Blaize McPherson was the new girl at the law firm and she was one of the most hated. At 23 she was the youngest and most attractive employee with her long curly hair and curvy figure. She was every bit as smart as she was attr...
I know I'm going to hell for what I tried to do and what I did. I've learned to live with the guilt just as I live with the sad, sweet, depraved and glorious memories. I don't figure I'm ever going to get over either. And maybe that's my real hell. A few years ago I set my sights on Jasmine Pilcher, a most ordinary woman who came to my attention in a most...
There were a hundred things going through chunky old Jasmine Pilcher's brain. It was obvious to anyone looking at her but I pretended I was wrestling with my options when, in fact, there were no options. I knew what had to happen and, eventually, so did Jasmine. "You'll have to stay here," she said and promptly went to the closet to get out sheets, blankets...