I first met Carl about two months ago when he was transferred into the accounting department. He’s 35, single and very cute; brown hair, brown eyes and a great smile. In fact we hit it off right away and became fast friends. I guess I should mention that he’s in a wheelchair. He’s been a paraplegic for 10 years, ever since an auto accident. As our friendshi...
The truck drove up to the front door of the big, square industrial building perched on a hill in the middle of nowhere. A young man, studious and nerdy, open the door and stepped out into the cool morning air, walked up to the front door of the building and rang the intercom. "It's James DeFranco from the Bulletin to meet with Doctor Saunders." There was a...
"Mable, we need to talk. "I filed for bankruptcy. We do not have shit in our accounts and the mortgage payment is way over our income. The house will soon be repossessed and we will be out on the streets. I met with my lawyers today, and after everything is over our net worth will be around twelve dollars." My sixty-one-year-old wife looked at me with surp...
Yes, I know that you think that you are a whole lot younger than me, but your day will come, so let me tell you about my weekend. Our local university spends a little money every Spring to bring in some music talent, and also give the local artists and non-profit groups an opportunity to make a little money. I am still learning about this whole thing about...
Ann had invited me to spend the weekend at her house, as I turned into the driveway I was surprised to see the driveway stretching into the distance with no house in sight. I finally arrived but it's name, The Manor House, did not do it justice, it was a small palace. I knew she was a titled lady but this was something else. I parked the car and walked up th...
Greg's mind slowly surfaced to some semblance of consciousness. Still half asleep, he became dimly aware of three unaccustomed feelings. Firstly, that he had slept long and deep, for the first time in ages. The second was that he wasn't alone in his bed, and memories of last night came flooding back, filling him with a warm glow. That was quickly followed by...
After the paternity test revealed that Father McDermott had sired Rowena's newborn daughter, Adam banished his twisted twin sister from the farm forcing her to take refuge with their blind paraplegic mother. Adam would never be able to forgive Rowena for seducing his lover; and the rest of the family had grown tired of the never-ending debauchery, which had...
The infamous Oriental Rug of Al-Kroli was the final ill-fated creation of the hoary, hydrophobic Arab, Al-Kroli of Bhala-Kalava, whose madness had been caused by a miniscule injection of the rabies virus by an unlikely and unfortunate encounter with an infected camel. The torpidity and flatulence which increasingly drove both his consanguinous allies and his...
The sky outside was a dismal grey and had been since at least five in the morning when Xinxin's aunt yanked her out of bed and nearly forced a piece of toast down the twenty year old's throat. Even though Xinxin had been waking up that early since grade school she still hated rising before the sun and her mind hadn't been together enough to focus on anything...
The lake was hushed in the early morning while I drifted between mists with a fishing line dangling in the cool, dark water. It was quiet except for occasional bird songs. I'd lost a few nibbles from lack of concentration. I thought I was falling asleep when I saw a flash of magenta moving swiftly between the trees on shore. Then I saw the too small black sh...