London 1883 Eleanor Blackstone was quite excited as she disembarked from the train and took her first glimpse of the great city she had heard about all her life. She was here at last, the here being the teaming platform of Paddington Station. The bustle, the noise, the new smells seemed to over power her senses; it was nothing like she imagined. She found h...
Playtime with Nora had taken a back seat since I had started the noble quest of improving the way people were getting whipped at Everton's. Determined to show results as soon as possible, I worked long hours at the company's headquarters on deck forty-nine and soon I got my first small reward. George liked the action plan we had sent him - he reduced the nu...
Chief engineer's log, stardate 64328.4. While performing routine maintenance on the holodeck subprocessors, I noticed something was amiss: someone had tampered with the security protocols. Although, strictly speaking, this is the responsibility of the security department, the nature of the modifications that were made makes me suspect that Lieutenant Poulson...
Thank you to A.S. for helping me edit this story. *** I am a female Disk Jockey, a DJ, who has a great job playing some of the best rock music on the planet with my co-host Christina; we work the evening show from nine to midnight every weeknight. Not to sound full of myself, but we have one of the best shows in that time slot in the local area. The studi...
I woke up just after noon. My next shift at the restaurant wasn't till 4:00 pm so I stayed in bed a little longer. I pulled out the bag I kept next to bed to hold the money I had made in my new endeavor. I counted out the $4200.00 that I had made in the last two days. I thought I would feel dirty about the money, but I rationalized that I hadn't forced Bob t...
*Ding Ding* "Order Up!" I let out a sigh. If I could never hear that damn bell again I'd be ecstatic. I rush to the alley grabbing the plates from the window muttering a "thanks" to the young cook on the other side of the counter. I deliver the food to my guest sitting in their booth, check on my other tables then return to the cash register in the front of...
Ordinarily my stories are long, drawn out tales with multiple characters, but not this one. I dreamed it last night and started writing immediately when I woke up this morning. No editors, no advisors, this one's all me, typos and all. I hope you enjoy it. ++++++++++ It was raining like hell; I'm talking real lighting-and-thunder-wrath-of-God-somebody-get-...
Lupina lands to the floor with a thud, the redhead pinning her down with a wild look in her eyes as she roars at her "WHERE IS HE?" Bucking up she throws the redhead over her shoulders and off of her, screaming back "WHO THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?" Kayleagha roars out again in frustration then takes off out the open back door running, leaving everyone...
Friday evening ------- "You look a little down Michelle, what's going on?" It was Paul Murphy. He's one of the local cops from the next suburb. We've gotten to know each other professionally over the past year when I occasionally worked ER afternoons. We've been friendly, but nothing more than professionally. "Oh, a couple of things getting me down. How...
During these troubling and uncertain times I hope you can enjoy this little story. PPE's = personal protective equipment. "Oh my god, people are crazy." Anna, my Polish colleague said, laughing as she did so. We were sat waiting for handover, just about to start another 13hr shift. We work in a general ICU and had just gotten our first COVID 19 patient in,...