El despertador estalla en un chillido metálico, vibrando en la mesita de noche como si intentara huir de su propia existencia. Karen abre los ojos de golpe, su ceño fruncido antes siquiera de estar del todo despierta. Con un gruñido, estira un brazo musculoso y lo apaga de un manotazo firme, casi lanzándolo al suelo. Suspira y se sienta en el borde de la cam...
Cuando abres, los ojos, lo primero que ves frente a ti es el cielo estrellado. Tu primer pensamiento es que es... bonito. No se te ocurre otra manera de describirlo. Tu segundo pensamiento es... confuso, por llamarlo de alguna forma. No estás segura de qué estás haciendo aquí. De hecho no estás segura de nada. Todo lo que consigues recordar son imágenes suel...
Mi sveglio in un luogo buio...non so dove sono e non ricordo nulla di cosa sia successo... Mentre cerco di capire che cosa sta accadendo, il terreno inizia a tremare... Una specie di aura si forma di fronte a me...accecandomi per qualche istante... Allora distolgo lo sguardo dalla luce e mi copro gli occhi con la mano destra...What's next?...
Le pale del uh-60 blackhawk su cui ero a bordo fendevano l'aria provocando un leggero sibilo che mi entrava costantemente nelle orecchie, eravamo partiti dalla base Nato Diyarbakir un ora prima del nostro arrivo e per tutto il viaggio rimasi concentrata sull'importanza di quella operazione, cercando di cacciare via ogni mio pensiero e problema personale. L'a...
Author's note: Not many people requested a Part 3, but soon after I submitted Part 2, I realized I hadn't 'finished the damn story.' So, this finishes the damn story. As always, I hope you enjoy this short ending. ***** Life with the Vinson family in Costa Rica was good, but not great. Chris from Grecia Real Estate had been able to find a home that met wit...
Dear Shoeblossom: I met Mariah when she came to rent a room from me some time last year. Mariah is an engaging auburn haired court reporter, with a lovely figure, though somewhat petite. Although I told her she could call me Emmeline, she insisted on calling me Mrs. Kipps. Mariah's a quiet woman, and I was somewhat startled when I accidentally opened one o...
Cooper and his girlfriend, Natalia, arrived at the Italian restaurant at 7:50 PM. The restaurant's manager greeted them at the door and escorted them through the mostly empty space. They were seated to a booth in a mostly secluded corner of the restaurant. His parents were expected to arrive at 8:00 PM. He thought the earlier they could get there the better...
I went into mourning, I guess. There was some second-guessing involved, too. In the end, I couldn't see that I had done anything wrong - or that things would have turned out differently if I had acted otherwise. There was no question that I would miss Jen. But I was honest enough with myself to wonder which I would miss more: Jen, or the incredible sex....
Tonight was Cyn's first real party after breaking up with Will (real as in; real booze, real drugs, and real people sneaking into the pool to go skinny dipping). Cynthia was never one to do drugs but had a drink from time to time, and really enjoyed going to parties like these but, to be honest, things were always better with her boyfriend around. She had so...
Tuesday, August 12, 2014: Life was good! After a weekend of rainy, misty weather, the sun was shining, and it was warm but not as muggy as eastern Kentucky can get, as my wife and I were sitting on our west-facing screened-in porch, drinking ice-cold lemonade and admiring the lowering sun in the distance. The sun would set in the "notch" between the two mou...