Edited by Sienna. Paul quickly ran to the trees along the trail. "Damn. I knew I shouldn't have gone running," the young man said. He was in his late 20s to early 30s, tall and scruffy. He enjoyed being out, but in this December weather, snow was able to come down quick and fast. It quickly soaked through his clothes, leaving him shivering for warmth. He l...
Chapter 1 - Mick The minute he stepped through the door, he knew something was up. The hot tub was bubbling and two female voices, gabbing and giggling, filtered to him from the deck. After dropping his brief case in the home office, Mick made his way to the back of the house. The deck door stood open with the screen pulled across. He peeked out and got an...
A good friend of mine, David, and I ended up in the same state on business. He works for one of the cell phone companies and I was out there to give a lecture about airport parallel runway operations at the University of Michigan. We caught up with each other the 2nd day we were there and Dave said we had to go to this sports bar that was, as he'd say, "the...
The super rich residents of an enclave out of Chicago gathered in fantastic-looking custom-made costumes for one of their occasional mixed social events of the year. The occasion was Halloween and most arrived poolside already boisterous, a polite way of saying drunk. The perimeter electrified fences enclosing the enclave were 8-feet high and the fast-shutt...
Oak Park Fashion Mall had lived up to its listing in the yellow pages as the "source for all your fashion needs". I had been there for 4 hours and spent a lot of money increasing Tammie,s wardrobe from the skin out. I had been in almost every store that featured ladies clothes (I don't remember if there were many mens stores) except one large one that had it...
I had seen my two aunts just once in my life and that was when they came back east for my mother's funeral. I was very unimpressed with them. They looked exactly like the type of country women that they were. The only thing missing from their attire were the sunbonnets that plains women are always shown wearing. The skin on their faces showed the ravages of...
As it says in my profile, I am trying to write the storey of my life since I left the religious order nearly 10 years ago. Although I have the first 8 chapters roughed out they need a lot of editing and polishing before I can submit them for publication so I thought I'd write a short storey about an event held in our club earlier this month. I am not a natur...
"Good evening, listeners. Tonight we broadcast the second installment of our interview with Joe Williams, author of '500 Annies'. In case the you missed the first broadcast, here is a quick recap. Joe gave us an overview of his life, leading up to his wife leaving him suddenly after almost three decades of marriage. He was taken completely by surprise, send...
This morning, Wen had Moto escort her all the way to the Laundry Department. Beforehand, Wen had been making secret little notes about her own thoughts, and ... strangely enough ... diagrams. When she was at the Laundry Department, she saw a large group of women working mostly by hand. Some soaked clothing in cauldrons of hot water with certain chemicals. T...
It was during the hot spell in the early summer of 2010 when Tina (26) met up with her close friend and fellow ex Coronation Street (Corrie) star, Nikki Sanderson (26) in a club in Manchester. Even though both girls are no longer in the famous long-running UK TV soap they are still mainly remembered for their roles as Sarah Louise & Candice rather than anyth...