I came across an interesting article while reading through my local newspaper the other day. With all the attention on the Presidential Campaign I wondered what other important campaigns or issues might be appearing on some upcoming ballots. On a page reserved for election news I saw the headline: Prostitution on ballot for San Francisco. Certainly,...
In my area—and I suspect in yours—the local news regularly runs stories of prostitution "stings." In case you are not familiar with them, they work like this: female police officers pose as prostitutes. They may walk a street "known" for prostitution (which in my city means you may find, at most, a dozen down-and-out, drug-addicted women on a busy night, plu...
Another quickie built around another simple concept. I have, on occasion, thought of an original discovery method, but original consequences are harder to come by. I think this is one. It's only a shorty, less than 2,000 words with no sex—sorry—and it is mostly dialogue and quotes from newspaper reports. Once again, this is fiction. If you spot anything...
TENS to the Nines Just offshore a man hunched over a longboard. From the position of the sun, we could just make out his form, but his back was twisted in such a manner as to maintain his balance. We both watched as he connected with a wave, rose into its grasp and came to direct his stick down its steep ever varying slope. As he approached the beach, I saw...
Chapter 10: May 2006: I walked into view of the broken glass of an abandoned convenience store facade. The sight of me there, like this, felt cruel and tragic. But I also had the sense of writhing righteously on the receiving end of poetic justice. Here I was in post-Katrina New Orleans, a three-hour drive from home, looking for a prostitute to save what...
THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO OR THINGS THEY NEVER TAUGHT ME IN SUNDAY SCHOOL Why Boaz Married Ruth I remember my mother telling me that Grandma Coit had once said that the Bible was the dirtiest book she had ever read. At the time, when I was in high school, I took that to mean that my maternal grandmother had been conservative in her choice of literature. B...
Casey Ellison peeked through the open door as his wife of six months packed her belongings. He felt bad about her leaving, even though he was in the right. Sometimes being right wasn’t all it was stacked up to be. The situation was impossible for him to live with. His wife was in love with another man. It was with her mind. He knew when they made love, she...
There was fear in Jan's eyes as she watched the masked men bound her securely to the post. She had no idea who these men were but as she tried to move she realized that they had secured her so both of her holes were open and available to them. She was nude and her legs were open wide. Bob and Ralph had secured her body extremely tight to the big round post...
Britt arrived home from her initial discussion with the Vicar at the church Rita attended and found Rita asleep on her bed with Marty, also taking a nap, wrapped in a blanket beside her. She went out quietly and found Rita's smart phone in the kitchen and returned to position herself with the camera to carefully framed the sleepers and took three exposures....
I have been married only two years. My job was taking up a lot of my time and I had a talk with my boss about it. "Look Larry," I told him, "This job has put me in a real spot. My marriage is suffering and my young wife is ready for the nut house with you using me the way you do. The bottom line is that I am going to have to quit if things continue like they...