Alas, this will be my last submission until mid-August. I will not stop writing, but I will only have restricted Internet access and will not be able to reach the site. Until then, enjoy. ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== The group had been on the road for roughly a week. It had taken Phera two days to gather all the useful information...
What is the Kindest Thing a Person Has Done for You? I was recently on a flight from San Juan to Fort Lauderdale and, to help pass the time, I looked through the airline's monthly magazine. Hidden between all the restaurant advertisements and enticing photos of destinations that we must all visit, there was an interesting little article titled "Helping Hand...
****************************************** Copyright Oggbashan April 2004 The author asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work. This is a work of fiction. The events described here are imaginary; the settings and characters are fictitious and are not intended to represent specific places or living persons. Edited July 2006 ****...
Copyright 2011 by madengineer3 This is based upon the true story of a friend of mine. Most of the major details are true. Enough has been changed to protect the identity of the people involved. * You could have called me a typical middle class man with some real emotional issues. My name is John, and I was working in a medium sized city as a "white collar...
Spring Break is a rite of passage in American culture. It's not a vacation. It's not a time for relaxation. It's an all-out assault on traditional values. It's a time when young men and women unleash their pent-up sexual energy and spend a drunken week looking for anyone to "satisfy" them. Standards are thrown out the window. The Spring Break I took durin...
~ National City - Earth-38 "There's so many more ways to harm your kind than to simply weaken you." Kara bit the inside of her cheek, forcing herself to remain level headed, despite the burning urge to do... something. Queen Rhea of Daxam had just used Silver Kryptonite to convince Superman that Supergirl, his cousin, was his worst enemy. Rhea was...
“Let’s celebrate,” said Annie. “Phillip and Ivan are in town for another night, the deal’s closed, the millions are locked in, you’re not working tomorrow morning, I’m feeling kinda special and want to be treated that way … any argument?… thought not … I’ll book the restaurant.” Rule one, don’t argue with Annie when she’s in party mode, rule two, hold on ti...
Rumors - "The Program" Expands Across the Nation In our school rumors of a program requiring students to attend classes completely naked had begun to circulate around campus just before summer break last year. Someone said they read a participant's account on the Internet, but most of my friends and classmates simply could not believe it was true. Being no...
The morning sun was barely over the horizon as I looked out the windshield of the old truck as it was taking me away from the city. It loomed behind me, the city and the sun as I hit the interstate westward. I was tired of the smog, the overcrowding and throngs of people scurrying about wasting their lives away. The bed of the pickup was filled with everythi...
"$75 going once. ... $75 going twice. Sold, to number 32, you my friend are the proud owner of a dinner date at the home of Ms. Nancy Thrash, isn't she lovely," announced the auctioneer. I don't know how or why I had gotten roped into coming to this event. I was foolish to think that this would ever work out like I had planned in my head over and over when S...