Of Self and Selfishness I grew up in a rural area. Not middle of nowhere rural, we had a town of several thousand people only a twenty minute drive away. Our little village, population maybe fifty, was mostly retired farmers. The only other kid my age was Michele and we became best friends. It stayed that way through primary school, which was located halfwa...
The doctor's name was Elizabeth Sandoval. Michael sat watching her as she glanced through the form the receptionist had given him to fill out. She was a slightly plump dark-haired woman, probably around 40. She wore a wedding band and a diamond and sapphire engagement ring. Looking up, she gave him a warm smile. "Okay, Mr. Metcalf. Welcome to Westside Socia...
There are those who might find parts of this story distasteful, but I wish to relate to you all how it all happened. I'm not perfect, and my willpower sometimes fails me. You might judge me as an opportunist and maybe that's true, but I believe in life that one should take every opportunity that's on offer. I'll let you be the judge of my guilt. I need to g...
So, Chubbie is back. Again. This is the revamped version of Cryptids. After much agonizing, I think this will be my ticket back to the writing world. Woo. This is Cryptids, but from a much better version of Chubbie the writer. Expect plenty more from this gal. Anyways, enjoy my loves. ***************************** "Porting human number four dash six eight...
It was time to leave again. These visits were wonderful in their joy and painful in the parting. I stood and took her small hands in mine. “I have to be going now. Gotta catch my plane or I’ll have to stay the night.” The little grey-haired woman used my hands to pull herself up. I saw a wicked little gleam sparkle in her eyes. She pulled my hands around h...
Iris wasn't the only one who liked to dole out good things to her friends. Damon in fact regarded himself as something of a socialist, and it wasn't long before he felt that the incredible treasure he had stumbled upon must be shared with other deserving gentlemen. It was with that in mind that he asked a question as he and Iris were recovering from an unu...
“Right everyone, please read through pages 187 to 215 for next Tuesday, and I’d like you to have some ideas for a hypothesis we can develop and test based on that material,” I called out as my students hastily cleaned up their lab areas and returned goggles to the sterilization cabinet. “Oh, and have a nice weekend!” I supplement my (pathetic) public school...
I had started to go to self defence classes. It was an idea of Adam, a mate of mine. He said that the only people that go to these kinds of places are young hot looking chicks that wanna fight of potential rapists, cause seeing how hot they are, they're definitely gonna get raped. It wasn't a positive thing for him to say, but let's face it. A hot looking g...
Eleanor Kaminski lay completely naked atop her bed, starfish-like. Her head was thrown back, stuck between a couple pillows and jammed against the oak headboard—some cheap, ugly French Provincial thing they probably got at Sheely's after a long layaway. Her throat glistened. She kept saying "Oh my God... Oh my God." The room—at my particular coordinates, any...
We moved to Arizona four years ago, after I retired. My wife had been in poor health for some time, and we hoped the change and move away from winter weather would help her. Sadly, it did not, and she died two years ago, leaving me alone in our little house on a cul-de-sac in suburban Phoenix. Our daughter and her family live across town, so I am not complet...