「ザキさん、こんなクソ寒い夜中になんの用ですか」 空気も凍るような寒さの夜、理由も告げずに俺を稽古場へ呼び出した小劇団の先輩、崎山に不満を隠さず声を掛けた。そこは、稽古場というより廃倉庫といったほうがしっくりくるボロ屋で、風が吹かないだけ外よりマシという状況だった。貧乏劇団ゆえ暖房器具など置いてすらない。 「おう、すまねぇな、森田。ちょっと見せたいもんがあってな」 「金貸してくれってのは無しですよ」 「そんなんじゃねぇよ。芝居の話だ、芝居の」 崎山はもう四十も半ば、芽の出ない役者だ。売れない理由は、今時となっては珍しい「飲む」「打つ」「買う」と三拍子を見事に揃えた素行の悪さが、業界中に知れ渡っているせいだった。どこぞの脚本家の奥さんに横恋慕して旦那に殺されかけただの、賭場で負けて裸で電車に乗って留置所に入れられ...
note 1: There's no sex in this story. Honest. Consider yourself warned. note 2: With my deepest respect and apologies to the late, P. G. Wodehouse. -- "If only the good die young, that crew will live to a hundred." This unflattering rumination came from one, William Jackson Sinclair IV, aka, Willie. The target of his jaundiced assessment was the Iota Fra...
My first real sex was anal intercourse. I know that's the sexual equivalent to running a marathon before you even know how to walk, but that's what happened. I was eighteen and just out of high school. For the past two years, I had been seeing the same guy, Jerry. We both came from fairly strict Mormon families, and this explained why we had not progressed...
Author's note: This story happens years after the events of the story "Son of a legend". If you are not familiar with the previous stories about Sin City, the Harem Mansion and the Harem Hotel, check these stories: A (porn) star is born Chosen A new world Son of a legend Also, check out the Bio chapter below to learn more about the main characters....
Chapter 9 Jeremy awoke alone in the huge bed. Wiping the sleep from his eyes he sauntered into the kitchen. Tucker was sitting at the table with a blank expression on his face. "Where are the ladies? Out getting breakfast I hope." Jeremy asked, sitting in the chair across from Tucker. "They're gone Jer." "Gone?" "All their stuff... it's gone... I trie...
The preacher approached the pulpit after accepting the offering plates. He looked out at the congregation and began to speak. "As you can see by the altar, this is a Communion Sunday. Some may be surprised to know that I get complaints about Communion Sundays more than anything else. Some people complain that it causes the service to go late and the Baptists...
My name is Yvonne. I am about a year out of high school. I thought my friends and I would be close forever. With the exception of two, we have -- Tracey and Isabel had egos that got two big for the group. The main bond that brought us together was our commitment to walking the strait and narrow. All throughout school, we were straight-edger's times four. W...
I have to apologize for the time it takes to produce each chapter. This one gave me a headache for a long time. Madison (ThanatopicFolds) my cool editor helped speed things up, for which I'm grateful. I've also had the kind help of Stylus. You guys rock. $$$$$$$$$$$$ The human heart is a puzzle made from pieces of our lives. There is a piece for that fir...
Author's Note: Let He Who Is Without Sin is a direct sequel to the story Lonely Autopilot! But you don't need to have read that to grok what's going on. It might help, though... ### Vinos smiled as he stepped back from the vineyard. The grapes were coming in well this year -- the crop would be rich and flavorful. He brushed his hands along his hair as the...
Introduction In the late Middle Ages the Black Death, the greatest and most deadly outbreak of infectious disease in history, ravaged Europe, eventually killing between one third and a half of the population. The disease, which is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, was carried by fleas living on the rats that were found in ports and on board ships,...