We moved from Utah to the Oregon Coast. We wanted to leave rigid lifestyle behind and discover what might be out there before we were too old. We were both raised in the LDS (Mormon) Church. Being Mormon is truly being a "peculiar people" in the world. Among other items of church dogma it is true that the actively engaged members do not drink alcohol. The...
Author's note: This brief story is mostly fictional (the SlugFest is real). All sexual activities involve only humans over age 18, or adult non-humans. Details of gastropod sexual anatomy and activity may be glossed-over. Language effects and irony are intentional; don't freak out. For reader convenience, non-Anglish and non-human communications are presente...
Dolores (who went by Doe because no self-respecting 23-year old could go by the name Dolores and be taken seriously) had just wanted her last summer as a camp counselor to go smoothly. Things were looking bright for her future, she had just graduated with her art history degree and even though it was a notoriously hard field to permeate, she had scored a cur...
Lisa is sitting at work just waiting for 5 o'clock to get here; tonight she finally gets to let Jack see how she really looks. Lisa had gone at her lunch hour and bought herself a webcam for her computer, just so he could see her when they talked. The clock finally read 5, and Lisa cleared her desk off and walked out to her car. She drove home remembering t...
Mike wasn't lying when he said his apartment was crummy. It was a two bedroom basement suite in an old house. Walking in the side entrance brought you into the kitchen, which was a disaster. The kitchen was open and led directly into the living room. There was a three person couch in front of an absolutely huge television. Game consoles were scattered over t...
No, I didn't know his name. I didn't know his age, or even if he was straight. But I knew I had to have him. I work at a bar, making drinks and the usual gala galore. He came in with two other friends of his and looked stunning. Tight jeans on his butt, boot cut, nice looking boots and a tight black shirt them emphasized his pectorals and his biceps and tr...
What if my government lied to me and all of us...again? "Happy Earth Day Everyone!" Happy Earth Day? Wait, hold on, not so fast. Stop! Deflate the balloons. Cancel the caterer. Return all the bottled water. Stop the music. Stop marching. Disband the parade. Everyone go home. "Hey, I see you trying to hide with that tuba. Go home. And you! Stop banging tha...
"This is the night", Nancy tells her co-worker "the night that I see exactly how wild I can get." Lynda looks over at her and asks, "Are you sure you want to do this?" Nancy just smiles and nods to her. Nancy just turned 40 this past week and is starting to feel like an old woman, it has been over a month since her husband has even touched her in any ki...
Jordan and Carmen had not found a way to keep many of the largest creatures on Earth captive within their protective reefs. The Cetaceans where air breathers and would not survive the aftermath of the bombardment. They decided that any saved was better than none so blue whales, Narwhals, and white sided dolphins were placed in the area between the outer an...
What initially struck me about him was how he walked into a room and immediately assessed you from head to toe in a way that dripped machismo and sexism. I am sure this behavior is explained in great detail in some policy manual as harassment of some kind. And worse, he would follow his assessment by patting your shoulder. He did it in a way that left you...