Author's Foreword: I return to the people who DO NOT live next door in this story - although the climax of Part 1 actually did happen. And again, there are no hot scenes so please read someone else's submissions if that is your forte. Also thanks again for reading my short stories as I continue to teach myself how to write. ***** Prologue: Article in Harb...
At age 34, Stanley Johnson(hereto after referred to in the story as Stan) had it made. He was living large and loving it. What made Stan so happy? Well you could say it was a number of things. First of all he was a very successful business man. He owned his own private Data recovery, network design and web page development firm known as Jupiter Data syst...
Bridget flipped through the pages of the Investigating Officer's Report looking for anything that might pique her interest. The facts of the case seemed pretty straightforward: a farmer named Palmer who lived out on the highway to Powhatan, VA, had heard what sounded like a gunshot in an abandoned barn on his property. He went to investigate because he thoug...
This story is part of an ongoing series. The chronological order of my stories is now listed in WifeWatchman's biography. Feedback and constructive criticism is very much appreciated, and I encourage feedback for ideas. This story contains graphic scenes, language and actions that might be extremely offensive to some people. These scenes, words and actions...
This is a Winter Contest story, please vote. All characters portrayed are over the age of 18. There are no characters under the age of 18. * Offering Bob a job, Kris Kringle comes to the rescue to save the day by offering Bob a job. Dear Santa, I've been bad, very bad. I punched my boss in the nose at work and quit before he fired me. After allowing my...
Glenn tells Jimmy, Michael, Bill, Lance, and Joe about Susan, his much younger girlfriend. "Well, okay," said Glenn sitting down and making himself comfortable in the chair that Joe saved for him in the sunshine. He took a big sip of his black coffee and put his cup down on the table before looking from Jimmy to Michael to Lance to Bill and Joe. In the way...
"Although the scene and characters in this story are still in high school they are all 18 years or older." * Jill stopped at the end of the driveway. "Maybe I should go back and let Rob take me home. It is late and dark. No, I don't want to see him right now, maybe not for a long while." With that she started down the street toward home, about three block...
Bag lady earns more money on bottles and cans on Earth Day than she ever imagined she would. Walking with her head down and avoiding eye contact while trying to remain inconspicuously anonymous, the bag lady pushed a wobbly wheeled shopping cart down the alleyway. With the noisy cart heralding her approach from one hundred yards away, as if moving a canon t...
Sketches in the Night I The Cop He left Homicide a little after midnight, turned east on 51st and headed towards the lake, for his apartment off South University. He rubbed his eyes, tried to wipe away the burn that had come with working thirty hours straight, then he yawned, pinched away a lacrimal tear as he pulled up to the red light at Cottage Grove. H...
After the dance ended Jill and Rob left the gym by the side door. The temperature had dropped during the time they were in the dance and Jill shivered and pulled her coat more tightly around her to ward off the chill. Rob put his arm around her shoulders and tugged her closer to him. She snuggled into the hollow of his arm and felt very secure. She knew how...