Back when I was in high school, I was told I needed a college education if I was ever going to have the American dream -- you know, house in suburbia, wife who is even hotter now than before our 2.5 kids were born, a nice SUV for her, a cool truck for me, golfing, maybe a little boat to use for fishing on weekends, all that shit middle-class kids are told th...
Davy Stoddard walked into Hoss Harry's Saloon in Cheyenne, Wyoming, pausing at the swinging doors to swallow his fear as subtly as he could muster before he fixed his eyes on the first open bar stool. Trying to affix a swagger in his stride, he made his way through a bevy of tables loaded with various folks whose faces reported their lives like old newsprint...
As I discussed in a previous letter, I had accepted the role of being the door prize at the swinger parties held by my step-son John and his wife Christine. I would arrive before the guests did so, and cover myself in whatever little costume they had prepared for me. I was a kitten, a bunny and a puppy on various occasions. And of course was required to wear...
The family and Jim begin to deal with the implications of Bill's announcement. Thanks to LarryInSeattle for his help with editing. ========= Without further ado, I stepped to the lounge chair, smoothed out the ridiculously soft towel Muriel had provided, and stretched out. "You don't believe in doing things by half do you, Bill?" she drawled in that...
Part 1 The first time I spent an evening with Lily, it wasn't by choice. People didn't really choose to hang out with Lily. She was a stuck-up brat from an all-girls school who liked to talk, at a speed faster than human hearing could keep up with, about numerous posh friends of hers that no-one had ever met. Plus, listening to her sing was a painful experi...
NOTE : This story is set within an alternate Buffyverse. Faith has stayed with the Scooby gang and is Buffy's secret girlfriend. Dawn is now nineteen and at college. Willow and Tara are still together. ++++++++++ Tara took hold of Willow's elbow and helped the redhead to her feet. "Are you okay, Sweetie?" The blonde witch shot an uncharacteristic steely...
[Continuing Book 1: Cheating] "How was Carrington?" Mike asked excitedly. Jen got home late that afternoon and it was the first time they'd had a chance to talk (they'd just put Anna to bed). Jen gave him an innocent look. "Carrington?" she asked pretending not to understand. "Come on," Mike urged her. He was done with the cheating role playing, he want...
Two old friends realise that they are not, after all, just friends. And we get to read both sides of the story... ******* At the start he had been able to concentrate on the DVD pretty well, but when Kate had yawned and leaned over to rest her head on him Ben had placed his arm around her shoulders out of habit; now, half an hour later, she was sprawled ha...
'I won't be bitter for Christmas.' Paul Curtis had said it again and again through those dreary weeks alone in his one-room flat, with the miserable Northern European winter just outside and his empty broken heart inside. Now, for the most part, he figured he'd succeeded: he wasn't bitter. Much. Alone, distrustful, and still plagued with memories of the rec...
Thank you to my two favorite editors, LadyCibelle and Techsan, for making my story a much better read. * Chapter 1 There are many men out there; they are all sizes and shapes, tall, short, heavy, trim. Some have a full head of hair while others are nearly bald. Women have a tendency to look at the young, good-looking ones with a body with six-pack abs and...