Tamar had left my life but I couldn't get her out of my head. She was so different from any woman I had ever met before, so intelligent and capable. Tamar may have been still a teenager but she was far more mature than many older women I had known. What was it that gave this maturity to Tamar? Was it the Army or was it growing up and surviving in a harsh cli...
Helen sat looking mostly at the spot where the wolf had disappeared into the forest. It took a while, but her nerves settled, finally. What was this, she asked herself, what was happening here really? The other human footprints? She had no clue. How long could a footprint last undisturbed there on the beach in that sheltered place? From one good rainfall to...
Darin arrived at the club on opening day at nine in the morning, wanting to get everything in order before people started showing up. He'd taken the previous night off, asking Amber to cover his shift, and had actually woken up earlier than the girls on a school day for a change. Miguel was planning to join him at ten, which would give them two hours to go o...
Oliver Beindersnip sat at his accounts desk when the bell over the bookstore door jingled. He looked up and smiled. It was one of his favorite customers, Missy McGoldrick. She normally came in right after school on Mondays and browsed around for an hour or so before heading home for dinner. Every once in a while she even bought a book. More importantly, thou...
My job on that cattle drive had been simple. I was the hired gun. Oh it wasn't as obvious as the times I had been hired on to kill specific people. Nonetheless it was my position. The scout was an Indian and damned good at his job. My job was to ride along with him and make sure nobody killed him. I was also expected to hunt down rustlers. It would be nice i...
Author's Note : This is a continuation of 'Denny, His Mom and Her Best Friend'. The reader might be wise to read that story prior to reading this one. * * * * * A new meaning for the word 'cougar' has been coined by a local newspaper columnist. She says that 'cougars are older women who hunt younger men'. Barbara Hoey was a cougar. After seeing her former...
"As much as I love seeing you on a Friday night sweetie, you can't fool me, you're avoiding him," Bree said as she scrolled through the movies on Netflix. As Bree and Harlee sat in the low lit living room streaming movies from the chrome cast. The weeks had fallen by the wayside around them. At this point most nights they hardly saw one another. Which for...
[©2011 BY CLINTON09; ALL CHARACTERS ARE OVER THE AGE OF 18 WITH IDENTITIES DISGUISED; FOR AGES 21 OR ABOVE] [A traveling animal sideshow in the south has a disturbing exhibit. It draws the attention of all who attend including an activist understandably concerned...] * What a scene it was. Here was a traveling side-show, some would call a 'freak show', in...
This is the third edition of an ongoing story between a 36 year old man and a 19 year old female roommate. I have written an alternate ending to this story and will include it after the original ending. Let me know which ending you prefer. I hope you enjoy. I arrived home from work late and walked inside. I could smell the aroma of spaghetti as I walked...
Alan was driving home from another uneventful day at the office. It was a very snowy December evening and he knew it was going to be a night on the couch with a beer, alone, again. Maybe he'd catch a game, find a movie, and then go on the computer for a bit. Tomorrow would probably be the same, especially with the harsh snowstorm expected to arrive soon... I...