I had dated her for close to five years. We had met in college and continued to date after graduation. For whatever reason, the relationship didn't quite work out. It took some time to get over the hard feelings, but we remained friends. She is still the person I confide in about everything in my life. Relationships, jobs, family... we shared our feelings fr...
Fred and Peggy had just moved into their new home and things would be a little tight in the gift department this year with a lack of spendable income. Fred wanted her to have a beautiful diamond necklace she had admired earlier in the year, and Peggy wanted him to have the plasma tv for his new den. Neither one could afford it on what they had though. For w...
I was standing there tied to a tree, my feet tied to a root and my hands cuffed behind the trunk. Violet, whose fault it was as usual, had been kind enough to wrap a blanket around the trunk so I didn't get scratched up on the bark as her friend rode me. Though that blanket had slipped down to my ankles. Also Violet hadn't left anything to protect me from ge...
Julie Williams was floating on a cloud when the ringing started. She wished it would go away and let her drift on the warm air but it wouldn't stop. She opened her eyes and realized her phone was ringing. Sitting up in bed she picked up the phone and whispered a hoarse "hello." "Julie, its Myra. Were you sleeping? You were supposed to pick me up at 10:00 AM...
My mobile phone rang off and I glanced at the text message. I called my assistant and told her to clear off the rest of my afternoon. This is not an original story; I guess in most ways this kind never is. It started simply enough. My wife Yvonne and I had met another couple of similar age, temperament, interests, and we all hit it off really well. Jack an...
"ARGH!" Jessica yelled out as she walked into her apartment, her face livid with fury and frustration. "Why is our pastor so stubborn, Rich?....Rich?" Jessica looked around the apartment and smiled - in her frustration she hadn't noticed that there were rose petals strewn on the floor...a "bread-crumb" trail leading to the bathroom. Quickly, Jessica's frust...
Occasionally an occurrence comes from so far out of left field that one has no choice but to just say, "What the fuck?" It happened to me recently, Jim, for any of you that care, a benign act at a party that turned my world inside out and sideways. I had never questioned my wife's love or fidelity, not even once. Gerry and I have been a couple since high...
"…I'm a scientist, so I pay attention; observe what works; what works BEST, and keep doing that or improve on it." "Yes, scientists do love to experiment. I can be a pretty good 'lab rat'." "Can you? Are you a willing subject? We are very methodical; take our time." "Well I guess it depends on the beginning hypothesis…" "I'll have to formulate one. Somet...
"Hello," they said, as they went to their change rooms. It was always the same word and nothing more. Inside each change room were two lights, fluorescent tubes in wire cages which protected them from vandalism. They lit a room of cement with four shower cubicles, stainless steel toilets, sinks and a cement bench on the wall around the room to sit on. He wa...
"What ho!" Cornan, the tall, lean mean fighting machine turned his head to view the commotion which he heard behind him. His leonine mane of blonde hair swept across his broad shoulders and fell in delightful disarray over his face, hiding one eye in a cascade of flaxen curls. He said "what ho" whenever he didn't understand something, which meant he said it...