= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = What if one of your random wishes was suddenly granted? What if you gained the power to grant other peoples wishes? How would it change your life? = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = * * * * * * * * * * * * It all started at the end of a very, very bad day at work. The day began with a special staff meeting...
I didn't want to turn to a life of crime; it was necessary to draw out my target. Gateway City had a new and cagey criminal. ME! I called myself simply, Chuck. I wanted to use the name of an old pulp and radio magician, but I respected the character too much. Even so, I appropriated the look. I dressed like a Vaudeville trickster, tuxedo, cape, top hat, and...
After Athina and Padme enjoyed a fabulous their three week educational trip of Greece while they even crossed over to some parts of southern Italy where they explored some towns and villages of Southern Italy. Athina started to feel for her future, a future she had never expected to come her way. There were beautiful prospects waiting for her on the horizon;...
This story is a collaborative effort between Rebeccacm and Sadkins116. Rebeccacm created the concept, the story line and added the art, Sadkins116 filled in in the blanks. We expect that this story will encompass several chapters and the first couple sets everything up. I would suggest you start at the beginning. However it should be entertaining none the le...
"Hey Jake, time to go." I'm jolted awake from my catnap in time to hear the female voice on the loudspeaker: "Lufthansa flight 229 now boarding at Gate 22A." I sit up in my Mies van der Rohe chair and get my bearings. My friend Peter and I are encamped in the first class lounge at JFK on our way to Zurich. I grab my bag and follow Peter to the gate. Be...
I awakened before dawn after a deep sleep, feeling refreshed for the first time in weeks. A quality sleep if not a large quantity rest. The sheets were damp, and I threw them into the laundry pile immediately. It was earlier than my usual wake up time, so went over to my window to sit and listen to the sounds of predawn. A rare passing car, a hint of breeze,...
Finally, a little time alone with my hubby! I couldn't have waited any longer for our vacation to Jamaica! I loved the idea of the blue water, the food, and the steel drums in the evening. We had just gotten on our flight and I found it hard to believe it was just the two of us. We started with a drink on the flight to take the edge off. The three hours...
It was six months ago I planned a two week vacation to be all by myself. No work, no going out after work for drinks for shopping until I spent my entire paycheck, no crying of being alone without a man. I saved up for this vacation and bought all new clothes and kept telling myself that this will be a "me vacation" and I wouldn't think of anything or anyone...
Chapter 11 (her) After arriving back at the hut late that evening I was exhausted. James had to go back to the shop to check on it and after our escapades at the waterfall. He seemed quite tired himself. Not feeling like talking to anyone I ate some peanuts and fruit from the mini fridge and ate it on the patio watching the surf roll in. After a beer and...
The fourth in this occasional series of self-contained stories about "Staff" Daniel Matthews and his family. "LAME DUCK?" "Catch!" The four-year-old girl giggles, throwing the light beach ball from the sparkling pool. Freddie reaches up from his electric wheelchair, easily catching the ball one-handed, his head and bare shoulders sprayed with a light show...