"Can we use your key?" Brian asked, turning to Kelly as they crossed the hotel courtyard area towards their ground-floor room. Exterior lights were beginning to flick into existence all around the pool's patio area as the daylight began to disappear. "Oh," Kelly seemed to remember, patting a hand against her chest. "I... lost mine. I think?" "Had it tucke...
This was my entry for the 2016 Winter Holidays Contest, and one of my personal favorites. Re-edited as of Feb 2019. All applicable characters are at least 18 years of age. ~~~~~~~~~~~ The airport was busy with holiday travelers, myself included. I had my reasons for wanting to attend college on the opposite end of the country, but the downside was I rarely...
Chapter One: Photo Shoot The sky was cloudy, and some might have considered it to be a little dreary. "Perfect day for this!" he said to himself aloud as he looked through his camera's viewfinder. To him, the clouds could transform the sun into a diffuse, omni-directional light source. The morning had been a photographic bonanza as he methodically made his...
Book Three opens with with Sara talking about wanting a baby, which leads to the introduction of another new character, Wilbur Talbot. Wilbur's an 18 year old east Texas buck that Sara has had the hots for for a while, and now that he's legal, she's going to make him her's...at least, that's the plan... * * * * * Ready Maid Family Book3 Four Months Later...
Wednesday morning my phone rang at my bedside. It was Kim, Dr. Kim Geiler-Callaghan, my research partner and mentor. The clock read 8:38 a.m. "Good morning, Sunshine," she said far too cheerily. "Mnng Km," I mumbled. Hey, at least I recognized her voice. "Ah, I've obviously awakened you," she said observantly while stifling a chuckle. "It's time I got u...
Thanks to Tigerssman and "UNK" for guidance on this story. *** The house was going to be tough on David, he wanted to postpone dealing with it. He was convinced to go through and pick out sentimental items and deal with the rest later. Joy, Anne, and Mei were working in the attic and found a steamer trunk just full of treasures. Joy said, "David, can you...
DISCLAIMER: All characters appearing in this story are fictitious as they do not exist. Any resemblance to a real person, living or dead is purely coincidental and should not be construed to associate a real person, living or dead with scenes or events described within this story. All of the characters depicted in this story are over the age of 18 and takes...
Straight Outta Coxville A Coxville Curse story Copyright 2019 by Stormbringer Leon's eyes scanned down the resume as the applicant strolled into his office. Corrine Cox, her last name making him smile, bringing back the only truly pleasant memories of his home county. She was fresh out of college, didn't have much work experience, but her major and minors...
(SU Rules! No. 23) ***** The soft breeze of the late afternoon gently wafted through the open window causing a deliciously soft coolness to stir through the large kitchen-slash-dining area of Nathan Reid's house. The stirring was more than welcome given the heat outside made the house feel more than warm but it was still not enough to stop Jennifer Carne...
Hello everyone. As I said in the last chapter, I am bringing Life after the Lottery to a close. I am working on tying up some loose ends in the story as well as closing it out as I had planned. I hope to wrap things up quicker than I have been able to bring the next chapters online. I am currently writing three or four chapters at the same time, so I can kee...