Chapter 15: Windows Present day, several weeks later Animal hurried through the corridor towards his apartment. He was without inspiration and almost grateful that no students or assistants had bothered to show up. Surveying the revel room, he had been surprised at how much progress he had made in the last few weeks. The first two panels were finished, t...
(c) 2012 BACKGROUND: Hugh Davidson is a 57-year-old executive in the powerful Hunt bank chain headquartered in Jacksonville. Married for 36 years to educational materials executive Mary, he was stunned by the loss of his wife to a 45-year-old Chicago education official in mid-2007, followed her quickie divorce and move to Chicago to be with her new man. Six...
I've been asked to write sequels to several of my other stories, but most of them are written as single ideas. I decided to create a story line that I can keep going for 5 or 6 chapters, or longer, depending. This is the first chapter, setting the table for future chapters to come. I love hearing from readers and other writers and respond to all emails. Ple...
The third of three episodes a new series about Fr. Alfred, Vicar of St. Dunstan's. Categorizing these episodes is tough, since there isn't a "Dramedy" category on this site. Suggestions for future episodes are welcome, if you'd like to see more of Fr. Alfred and his flock. The Bishop's Daughter WEDNESDAY Mary was the only one in the Quilting Room after I...
Chapter Eleven: Stolen ~ Evangeline ~ We were on edge, and we didn't know why. Maybe it was the daily watching of the calendar, hoping perhaps Lucifer would break his own rules again. Maybe it was the anticipation of seeing him again when we expected to but feeling like the days between were endless. Maybe it was the deepening ache for him both Gwen and I...
This chapter starts out with a concerned and caring mother and daughter 'Talk'. I'm a guy and don't have any daughters so I hope that the 'talk' comes across as believable and realistic. ***** A couple of days later, Rita was lounging on her bed in the middle of the afternoon when her mom appeared at her door. "Hey there... Got a minute?" as she joined...
Life was good. A couple of years out of school, I was working as a business software developer in the mini-silicon valley near the university. I was sharing a flat with a couple of undergrads. Unfortunately, both of my "roomies" were about to graduate. One was an ROTC type and would be going off to helicopter flight training in Alabama and the other, an educ...
Disclaimer: This story is not real; these events did not happen, nor are they likely to, and are not meant to represent how these celebrities act in real life. This is purely fantasy, and should be treated as such. Minors should not read further. English is not my first language, so forgive minor mistakes. ***** Being sent away to a work convention wasn'...
(c) 2012 (PRECEDE: To bring you up to date: Hugh Davidson is a successful, 50-ish banker with the powerful Hunt banking chain headquartered in Jacksonville. He's been married to Mary for 36 years and they have two children, a grown married neurosurgeon son in LA and a married literary editor daughter living in New York City. Mary is a sales rep for an educa...
PREGAME I discovered it doesn't get bigger for a city than when its football team goes to the super bowl for the first time. I work for a company that services the aeronautical industry in Seattle, which basically means we feed off of Boeing. Our company's northwest division is primarily made up of young engineers in their mid-20s to early 30s, assigned in...