I was just laid off from my job. I had been with the company for 15 years and now they are downsizing and I was released. I had no idea what I would do now. I hadn't had to look for a job in so long, I just didn't know where to start. I knew I should have a resume showing my experiences. But the only experience I had was being a good secretary. That was it....
~o~ The next morning when Persephone awoke, she was surprised to find that she was at home in her own bed. A morning breeze blew in through the open window, fluttering the curtains and lending a slight chill to the room. Persephone stretched her arms up over head and threw off the heavy comforter. She swung her legs out and shuttered as she let her bare fe...
Authors Note: my first attempt at a vanilla coupling, and probably not the last time these two will meet in the cool room! Please let me know if you want to hear more! ***** Clearly, the tension had been building for some time. There had been signals for weeks, sure, but since "The Break-Up" (as they both referred to it) things had taken a more serious tur...
This is a work of fiction any similarities between the characters, events, or locations in this story and actual locations, events, or people are purely coincidental. © 2005 Warlord * "Buyin' time, they say, is a dangerous thing, you never know exactly what the time will bring, just move along, not too fast, try to make the good times last." "All T...
"Mmmuuummmppphhh!" "Relax and breathe through your nose. You're fine!" From being completely asleep -- or unconscious -- or whatever, I had no idea what was going on, only my mouth was stuffed full of something and I couldn't breathe. My wife was comforting me, or so I thought, until I opened my eyes and saw her hand in front of my mouth holding whatever i...
"Jan! Jan, over here please." Gwen Tolliver bounced up and down in her attempt the attract notice of her best-selling author. She grasped Jan's elbow and lead her to the photographers area. "The photographers would like to take some photos of you and the awards." "Congratulations again, who'd have thought we'd end up here? I hope you appreciate that you tr...
-Jill- I didn't exactly wake up in a ditch, but I woke up in a stranger's bed. Here I am again. Back to square one. Only one body is in the bed, so thankfully I didn't end up in a group sex thing. That was a real possibility. The real punishment is the worst hangover of my life. "Want some breakfast?" The guy from the bed asks as I'm getting dressed. I'm t...
I sometimes think that the most unexpected thing in life is the unexpected. I mean, when your life has gone along uneventfully for many years you don’t expect to suddenly find yourself faced with a whole new situation. For those interested, my name is Arianrhod, the name choice of Welsh parents who probably had no idea what my fellow students at school woul...
Life hasn't always been kind to Sabreen Sidhu. The hardy, fiery gal has been through some tough times, that's for damn sure. Born in the City of Pathankot, Punjab State of India, Sabreen moved to the City of Ottawa, Ontario, with her husband Gurvinder and they both studied Business Administration at the University of Ottawa. That was in 1996, and the newly m...
Requests for meetings, meals, excursions filled her days, from a dizzying array of sources. Some seemed genuinely curious about life in the North, some her clothes, some her speech, some her knowledge. In short, all seemed generally curious about her. Initially she was guarded in her answers, cautious against revealing anything that might be of value, dete...