Here we are at the precipice of, yet, another happy holiday season and, after so many of us have looked forward to and experienced the excitement of Christmas as children, we had the fun and the joy of buying toys for our children, and, later, were allowed to spoil our grandchildren with generous gifts. Now that we are older and mired neck deep in a poor eco...
Please note: All characters in this story are of legal age. Whenever I hear the word 'motherfucker' I think of Ronnie Drury. Five years older than me he was the guy we younger guys all looked up to without ever really knowing why. Big physically, athletic, and brash in the way he talked, he was the antithesis of me. I was a nerd before the term was f...
Meena was up early again after a restless night. She he had slept only for short periods, and had strange vivid dreams of being naked on a table, being groped by a large group of men. Before showering and dressing she looked out of the window and her spirits fell -- the sky was grey and it was pouring with rain. She got herself and the children ready, then h...
Robin was bored at home. Her best friend Maria had a boyfriend now. Some jerk she had met on Myspace; so she wasn't the most dependable person anymore. Always out with him Somwhere. She had been aimlessly chatting on her Facebook with a few friends earlier; but that grew tiring. As did Law and Order on tv. She had seen this girl accuse her teacher of rape an...
The day ran blue with chilling color. Tiny circles of steamy breath encircled our heads as if we had become angels of ice. I turned to Boo who stood stomping her feet and shoving her hands into the deep recesses or her pockets in an attempt to warm them. Her collar stood up against her cheeks and framing her face was a cherry-colored scarf that twined and tu...
It was just Chalista's luck to be stuck in some God forsaken little town with hardly any money and no way to contact anyone of consequence. Truly though, she would have to look at the bright side of the whole situation. At least she had car trouble in town and not on some deserted road somewhere. The town itself was not much to speak of. It was just another...
Riding in the cab with Kate from Louis Armstrong Airport to downtown New Orleans, Lily realized Mardi Gras had become her favorite holiday. Mardi Gras had none of the familial demands and restricting obligations of the more traditional holidays. It fell perfectly in the long lull that stretched from Super Bowl Sunday through the Memorial Day start of summer....
Becky doesn't miss much. It usually makes it hard to plan a romantic surprise for her. If I start to prepare a candlelight dinner for her, the first thing she always does is run into the kitchen and say "Hey, what's all this?" If I'm trying to sneak a love letter into her lunch bag, she'll yank it out of my hand and read it before I even sign my name. Wrappi...
I guess I had been lucky to get a decently well paid job when Governor Wilson had hired me to wade through his grandfather's collection, but despite the monetary gain, the work was rather arduous. The old man had been an avid collector of movie memorabilia, but I soon noticed most of the items were not all that valuable. Well, that's not quite true. They wo...
It's quiet as usual in the library as I put the returned books back in their rightful places on the shelves. It's Sunday evening, just before closing and I allow my mind to wander, knowing the building is, and will likely remain, vacant. I always find it amusing to imagine the person who checked out each book. I select Maximum Ride from the cart and immedi...