The next several days flew by. We became very adept at meeting people and not being asked to shack up. Of course we weren't 100% successful in deflecting all the invitations for a swing, but it wasn't a problem at all. A few gregarious couples, who after being gently rebuked said "That's fine, lets be friends anyway." We learned a lot about "The Lifestyle" t...
The hot Nevada sun blinded her as she stepped out on the street, fishing in her bag for her sunglasses. Suddenly a low rumbling, like a squadron of vintage fighter planes, began to grow louder. She turned to see a gang of motorcycles roaring down the highway toward her, two abreast. Each bike had two riders, a black leather-clad man in front and an equally...
No one knows exactly how it started. Some say global warming brought them out of their natural habitat, others that we just encroached on their territory one too many times. I've even heard it was just one cute female hiker who stumbled into the wrong part of forest at the wrong time. Whatever it was, something that had only ever been dismissed as a myth sud...
At the sound of the bell, Leah Olson stormed out of English and flowed into the stream of kids. At 3 pm they turned from budding students into a school of fish, only drawn to the light outside the large double doors. Senioritis pushed Leah out the door and into one of the last bright, warm days, before fall turned the world cold and gray. She beat a path t...
Danielle Wesley stood in the hallway of her dorm floor in her robe, listening to the eerie silence. Usually, her friend Veronica was yelling at her Asian roommate, who only yelled back in furious Chinese. Or the sugar-bitch next door to her, the one who always pretended like Dani didn't exist, was having a loud fuck session that could be heard throughout the...
Her: The day has come, he's finally coming home. He's been gone for 12 months. She is full of anxiety wanting to make sure everything is perfect for the homecoming. This is a challenge because the children will be there also. She wouldn't want them to miss that moment. She decides that she will dress her normal conservative self with some subtle hints of se...
I have mentioned in other stories I have written here that I worked for many years as an English professor at a small but expensive New England college. I retired at the age of 65 as a result of the college's policy of mandatory retirement—a stupid idea in an age when most people live longer than they did in the past and most retain their brain capacity. I c...
I stood in the kitchen looking out over the rear yard with its many trees, bushes and splendid variety of Californian fauna. Up to this the fall, the yard had always looked so good, but since the Latino brothers that had looked after it for years had moved on, it had become long overdue for some tidying up. Even the little shed we had made to look like a sma...
It will help if you have read the earlier chapter, but this one should be enjoyable on its own. * As I explained in the first chapter my wife and I have revitalised our sex life by arranging fortnightly sessions where one or other of us organises the evening, whilst the grandparents look after that children. There are a few ground rules: Firstly the night...
1. Crew Call The rotund, smiling man stood up and addressed the group in an unexpected Irish accent. "Okay everyone, if I could just have your attention. For anyone who hasn't worked with me before, I'm Steve Thomas, and I'll be your director this evening. Over here is Amanda, our staff producer. Doug here is technical director. Sam is our engineer. And Ph...