We're not born into this world to make it out alive. _______________ I remember falling in love with the curve of her mouth. The swim at midnight, salt in our kiss, bodies floating together, meeting in the middle of the pool. Then diving, tugging her by the ankles to pull her down with me. Her face, illuminated by the pool lights, looking at me in shoc...
Everybody liked Bernie. Her given name was Bernadette but everyone called her Bernie. She was a hard worker, a live wire and an inspirational leader. People loved being around her and worked hard for her because she busted her ass, was always positive and enthusiastic, had a great sense of humor and could sell ice cubes to an Eskimo in February. Oh, and she...
You want to know what happened? Alright. Just try not to interrupt. I need to concentrate. I can remember like it was yesterday. It all started one fall morning when I was sitting at my computer writing. "Thank you, young man," Teresa said, twirling strands of her wavy blonde hair. She looked down at the young, muscular FedEx man, squirming out from under...
"I think I'm beginning to understand the problem," the neurologist said to my mother. "So you think you can cure him of his sleepwalking?" she asked. "No, but I am beginning to understand the problem." "What did you see in the MRI?" "We, uh, couldn't get anything." "What!" "I'm sorry. We tried it three times, but your son just didn't want to cooperate....
I wanted to play with the "gottcha" vibe that is so near and dear to the hearts of the Loving Wives set. It seems to me that the jealousy and outrage that stems from the protagonist discovering that the wife is cheating with her boss/co-worker/his brother/best friend/a neighbor/a biker gang/an infantry platoon/the family dog/or all of the above is the cath...
"Sarah?" shouted the voice, "Sarah, you in there?" It was Bruce! She ran to the door to see his smiling face pressed against the glass. She opened the door and saw that he had unbuttoned the jacket to show his broad torso covered in a blue denim shirt and the crash helmet and both panniers by his feet. "Was it ever hard to find you!" he laughed. "You sca...
Chapter 7 Hauntings from the Past I awoke by a fire in a dimly lit living room and I felt rested and relived. I stretched and yawned and heard feet coming this way. I ran and hid behind one of the chairs. And then I remembered that I was a cat and a guy owned me. Great situation I got myself in to. I saw my new master's feet and came out and meowed. "Hi...
52. The Debt Comes Due. As Dycke and Payne exited the room, the four young women turned to each other, knowing what they had to do. Jessica could see the knives coming at her, from the looks in her friend's gave her. They had wanted in on the glory, but now they had to pay with their bodies. She slowly started removing her blouse, and then her bra, while th...
PROLOGUE The lights in the dungeon were dim, but the acrylic cane She whipped through the air was black light reactive, creating a fearful streak of light through the air an instant before the inside of my right thigh seared with pain. The sound of my sudden gasp could not block out the snap from skilled administration of a punishment stroke. I felt I had b...
All characters in sexual situations are over the age of 18. * Prologue Within a year after they met each other at Brown University, Joey and Mairwen knew that they wanted to do good for the world's disadvantaged. Resolved and courageous, the winter after their graduation from Brown they joined the Peace Corps, and received their first-choice assignment,...