「ザキさん、こんなクソ寒い夜中になんの用ですか」 空気も凍るような寒さの夜、理由も告げずに俺を稽古場へ呼び出した小劇団の先輩、崎山に不満を隠さず声を掛けた。そこは、稽古場というより廃倉庫といったほうがしっくりくるボロ屋で、風が吹かないだけ外よりマシという状況だった。貧乏劇団ゆえ暖房器具など置いてすらない。 「おう、すまねぇな、森田。ちょっと見せたいもんがあってな」 「金貸してくれってのは無しですよ」 「そんなんじゃねぇよ。芝居の話だ、芝居の」 崎山はもう四十も半ば、芽の出ない役者だ。売れない理由は、今時となっては珍しい「飲む」「打つ」「買う」と三拍子を見事に揃えた素行の悪さが、業界中に知れ渡っているせいだった。どこぞの脚本家の奥さんに横恋慕して旦那に殺されかけただの、賭場で負けて裸で電車に乗って留置所に入れられ...
October 2005 "Hey, it's Mrs. Tarleton! How're you doing?" I heard my secretary, Marcia talking and giggling with my wife. " How're you, Marcia...you're the cutest secretary at Cooper, Tarleton and Strowbridge, girl!" I looked up, and there she was, my beautiful girl, Dolly Tarleton, her long, honey blond curls bouncing. I dropped my work to watch as my lo...
It was an October Friday night before UT homecoming, and my sorority sisters Margot and Julie were staying at my house so we could leave early for Knoxville the next morning. My husband Jack had a quick drink with us before heading off to bed, leaving us girls to catch up. Within minutes, Margot confided in Julie and me about her newest love interest. "OK...
Ian made his way down the hall, trying hard to look 'doctor-like'. He glanced down at the clipboard, and then up to room. Room 512. This was it. He brushed past the guards without them saying one word to him. Ian stepped into the room and closed the door behind him. Dinah was asleep in the bed, her face still showing bruises from her last session with Dami...
Aiden learned the frustrations of being in charge the very next day. He gathered the eight rookie pilots together and split them into two flights. One Flight consisted of Hiro, Duke, Rowan, and Wulf. Two Flight consisted of Winn, Walker, Siku and Sovich. He thought that, after the performance evaluations yesterday, that One Flight would have the best run. He...
My wife Shannon is in marketing and advertising for a small firm in our Midwestern town. She is 24 and I am 27. We met while in college and married after we both graduated. She is a dark haired beauty who is smart and beautiful but also a bit naïve especially when it comes to men. She recently began her first job in her field after graduating from college. S...
Mr Benn left his house in Festive road and headed into town. Even though it was Saturday he always dressed in pinstriped suit, bowler hat and deeply shined black shoes. After a hard week in the office, Mr Benn always needed to relax and so every Saturday went to the costume shop in town. As usual he entered the strange shop with trepidation. He shut the do...
He sat and waited. He always sat and he always waited. That was all he could do, now. Ever since. That... Ever since... He began to cry at the thought of that day, just over 25 months ago, when his wife, his loving wife, found out about what he had been doing. But he hadn't being doing anything bad. Not really. He had just being having fun. Yeah, just havin...
The Author Part 6: First Saturday at the Circle B This is a work of fiction, any relation to any person or place, living or dead, real or imagined, is purely unintentional and coincidental. Jen woke to the light of day coming through the window, and an urgent need in her bladder. Trying to rise, she found that the chain was still connected to her collar....
All human activity in India began early in the day for two reasons: one to escape the heat of the midday and two, the sheer volume of things that needed to be done each day. "Both these truths apply to me," thought Claire Baxter, as she stood motionless in the small garden of her rented bungalow practising her yoga, no matter how pressing matters were she...