Once again thanks to Vickie for her help Kate sometimes wondered how her life would have turned out if she had never married. She had a promising career as a New York City Police officer before her disastrous marriage had forced her to abandon life in the big city. Few people realize how rural most of New York State is. Reach into its northern mountains...
It had cost Ruth nearly all of her inheritance and hundreds of hours of time, but at last she thought she'd found her Grail. So many ads in the underground newspapers, so many trips across the world to search the fetid dark alleys and the shadows of high society's brightly-lighted towers. She'd followed leads in fourteen countries and over fifty cities, town...
"Good evening, Mr White." I looked up from my screen to see my fellow receptionist, Rachel, smiling warmly at the tall, dark figure approaching our desk. I glanced at my watch and wasn't at all surprised to see that it was exactly ten o'clock. The man leaning casually against our desk was at least six and a half feet tall, and nearly as wide, his muscular...
Copyright 2008-09 by Madengineer3 All rights are reserved. Copies of this story can be downloaded for personal use only. Notice: When the word God is used as an expression in this text it is not meant to be blasphemous. It is an exclamation to God, not just a saying. My name is Jim. For many years now I have lived like a hermit. Within the last two mont...
A Novel by Paris Waterman ***** Hooking up with Rosa 'Unbelievable!' Dutch told himself, recalling that memorable night. "Just fucking unbelievable," this he said aloud. Of course the four had never gotten together again. Marty had been killed in a mugging two days before Alice and Robert returned from their honeymoon. They were all stunned by it and it...
Alison took a deep breath as she passed through the first of the two sets of steel doors, reminding herself that she would be safe. The guard must have noticed her anxiety, because he smiled broadly. "Is this your first time interviewing a prisoner?" Alison shook her head. "No. That's the thing about it. I don't know why, but I'm... I guess it's just that...
I have been in a terrible traffic accident. I was waiting to cross an intersection, when a little kid shot out into the street from behind me. He was directly in the path of a car trying to beat the light. I jumped after the kid and pushed him as hard as I could. The car swerved, I was hit, and was knocked up and over the roof of the car. Not that I remember...
For those who missed Part I, the players are: Sandy Lane, pro surfer with an uncanny resemblance to... Ashley Vaughn, gorgeous Hollywood starlet in a TV series produced by... Darla Palmer, who convinces Sandy to bob his nose after he is punched out by rival surfer... Buster Cruz, whose mysterious death in Honolulu is being investigated by... Detective H...
Author's note: All characters in this story are over the age of 18. None of these characters are real characters. This is part 1 of a series and is fairly slow moving. Story set in Australia. Enjoy ************************* It all started again as I slowly rolled out of bed to the sound of my buzzing alarm, for the start of another school week. I hated Mon...
Her name was Maggie Gibson, and she changed my life. I was a shy, insecure 18-year-old away from home for the first time in my life. She was a 44-year-old widow living out a life of quiet desperation, far from the scene of her prime. We were two ships in the night who collided for eight of the most wonderful weeks of my life. Our affair, though short, was...