Part Two -- Simmering in Las Vegas Author's Note: I was literally blown away by the positive comments I got from my first part. This is my first story attempt and I am enjoying the process. Any constructive criticism would be appreciated. I can only get better if I know what I did wrong. Chapter 1 Tuesday I woke up with all 12 coins in my possession. This...
I had been battling the flu for nearly a week and had a high fever, so I was in no mood, nor condition, to be going out, anywhere. It was a Thursday night and I was sitting in my recliner, in front of the TV, covered up with several blankets and shivering like a wet pup, from a high fever. My wife, Brandie, had been invited to go out by one of her girlfriend...
I'm sorry to have taken so much time to complete this interim chapter. This has been the hardest thing I have ever done, that is... to try and describe all of the various events that occurred during those terrible days that forged my new persona from the old, so many years ago. It was a thorough metamorphosis that changed me so dramatically, most people no l...
=========================== The high cost of success in her business. This is an entry in the EARTH DAY STORY CONTEST 2013. A sad, dark story of ambition, redemption, a love betrayed, and the lives affected. =========================== It started as a good deed. I swear. Makes you wonder sometimes. My best friend Nick was on his honeymoon. Twenty eight...
*Author's Note: Marine Corps reserve units have a small cadre of active-duty, permanent personnel assigned to provide support to the reserve unit. They are known as the Inspector-Instructor or I&I staff, and are separate from the reservists who come in for two days each month as well as two weeks in the summer. They work very closely with the reservists and...
The stories on this website are of course fiction, however there are times the characters or situations are based on something that happened in the authors life. This story is one of those, the two main characters are people I knew, he was a white lineman, she was a black school teacher. Both virgins in their late 20's, both introverted and withdrawn. I had...
My name is Stanley. I live in the house I grew up in because I moved back home when I retired about 15 years ago. We bought my childhood home partly because my dad designed and supervised its building and partly because of the neighborhood. We had also met Sonya and Robert who live right down the street from my house. We had become fast friends and often vis...
Edward Marston was tired. It had been a long few days. It was Friday and he was looking forward to an easy weekend. He had nothing planned. He had stood in line at the cellphone provider and managed to change his contract. He needed to remove Lisa, his ex-wife, from all his bank accounts, credit cards and mobile phone contract. This took more time than he an...
Chapter One It all started innocently enough. He was a handsome young man with cute dimples and a winning smile. When he talked, you listened and when he listened you knew he cared. My husband Alec introduced us shortly after we moved into our new home, and he into his new job. Kyle called on my husband's business about twice a week and they had hit it of...
Dad was waiting for me when I got home, a little after 11:30. He was a little annoyed: I still had my own 11PM curfew on school nights despite being 18. He said "I know how much you like Grace. I remember what it's like not wanting to say goodnight when the time comes. But Henry, you have to be up early in the morning, and so do I. You have a curfew for a re...