It took me longer than I thought to complete this second chapter. Please try to ignore any spelling and grammar mistakes. I am looking for an editor. If you would like to edit or have a suggestion, please let me know. The following story is my personal work, fiction and not related to real-life events or people. Any similarities are a coincidence. Characters...
Note: some of my characters will speak foreign languages. I could have left the original text (because of course I'm prefectly fluent in both indi and thai ;-)) but for your sake I decided to translate it into bad english (;-) again). So to signify that the characters aren't speaking in english I've inserted the - sign at the begining and ending of each sent...
"Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them." Marcus Aurelius, Meditations * It's an old story, really. Been told a few times too, I reckon. About an old man -- well, not really old, not quite yet, anyway -- but an old man who's followed his heart and run into a few potholes along the road more or less traveled. A ma...
She flicked through her phone as she sat there, waiting. People buzzed around her, and she filled her time watching them go in their various directions, rushing to a gate or rushing toward the baggage claim. She just sat there waiting, her stomach gently churning. This was by far the craziest thing she had ever done. It had all started simply enough. They h...
Chapter 1 Chauffeur Ryan Cross looked in his rear-view mirror at the haggard face of the 33-year-old in the back seat. She'd just emerged from the high-powered divorce settlement scrap between the legal team representing her and the other representing Ryan's employer, her arrogant husband. Juno Rich, looking shell-shocked and, as yet unannounced by the me...
CHAPTER 1 The three principals of nut distributors Billings, Jolliffe and Oliphant, their wide range of tree and in ground products marketed under the BJO logo, had just completed interviewing the three top contenders for selection as the company's replacement CEO. The previous CEO had absconded with an undisclosed amount of the company's money. A profess...
She was a pharmaceutical blonde, of that I was almost certain, she was young, probably no more than 19 or 20, from what I could see as the wind fashioned her sun dress against her curves, she was stacked, physically at least, and she gave the impression that her contribution to an intelligent conversation would be, "Do you want fries with that?" I threw her...
"There you go." Mimi planted a small bowl of salad on the table and slid into her seat. "That steak okay for you?" Sven nodded. "Perfect. You're sure I can't tempt you?" He held out a sliver of the bloody meat on his fork. "No, I'm fine with this." Mimi gestured to her own plate and smiled, split the hot potato upon it in half. "Good day at work? How was t...
Mr Computer Cleaner Pt 4 The setting is a small city in New Zealand. The hero with the odd name of Dio falls into an usual occupation that connects him to an assortment of offbeat characters; it becomes apparent that Dio is enjoying a life richer in many ways than most people around him. Dio is between girlfriends when he meets a damsel in distress on the...
Continuing the story of "Fun in Paris" A few weeks after Rob and Nancy had returned from their weekend in Paris with Jenna, they were relaxing in their house reading the Sunday papers, idling the day away with a pot of fresh coffee and croissants from the bakery. They were due to go on Holiday to South Africa in a couple of weeks. "Did you see Jenna last w...