She tugged on the rope that stretched from her hands up to the wood dowel that extended across the width of the closet. Nothing. A mournful groan tried its best to escape the foul rubber ball jammed deep in her mouth. It isn't going anywhere, either. A metaphor for life, she thought despondently. Especially mine right now. God, is he going to leave me l...
Relieving night editor Carson Franks reclined on his spring-loaded chair, pushed right back, sipping a whisky. It had been an uneventful shift. Carson yawned, rubbed his eyes and looked at the clock. Another two hours to go. He would be in the same chair tomorrow night when the kids leave home in costumes Mattie made – Seana dressed cutely as a witch and M...
Ding-dong, the doorbell rings, signaling the first of the trick-or-treaters on this Friday evening. I open the door of my rented condo to see and hear goblins, a ghost and even a ghoulish zombie yell, "Tricker treat." As I hold out the candy dish for them I look out to the yard to see the mothers looking at my yard sign advertising my after trick-or-treat p...
SISSY FOR A SPELL The Omega Psi Phi Fraternity loomed in front of him. The lights were on in almost every room. Frank's hopes, that maybe the brothers of Psi Phi were at the Halloween party across campus being thrown by their sister sorority Sigma Gamma Rho, were dashed. He took a step forward. His hand was shaking and the child's Jack O' Lantern bucket...
"Trick or treat!" the children at the door yelled and knocked. I opened the door to find myself looking at a lady bug, a lion and a ninja holding his tiny skeleton companion's hand. They all had big smiles on their little painted faces and reached out with their candy bags and pumpkins. "Ooh look at these costumes!" I said handing out pieces of candy to ea...
My wife and I have been married for a bit over ten years. We've always had a good relationship, but both of us have felt like the sex life had gotten a bit routine. Maybe that's partly having to raise kids, maybe it's because both of us work, who knows. All I know is both of us have felt like things had gotten too routine, and both of us wanted to find a way...
I like surprising my wife, and I do so as often as possible. This Halloween would be no exception. I have a big bash planned, and I only tell her what she needs to know. Just like every year, it would be held at our house. We have a huge place, and could accommodate dozens of guests. "So, what are you planning on being this year?" I asked. "Everyone alway...
Taylor saw a trick. A green Honda Civic was slowing down and, yes, the guy was nodding at her. She walked to the driver's window as fast as she could, though slower than usual because of the irritation on the ball of her left foot. "Can you tell me which way to Kroger's?" he asked. Damn. She knew and gave the fucker directions. A pretty, slightly built Af...
"The Public Adventures of Mark" Halloween Humiliation" Mark had asked all week about Cindy's plans for him on Halloween. She would not even give him a hint as to what she had in mind. All he knew was he going to walk the mall and parking lot with Cindy in the costume she had selected. "Don't you worry about it baby. I promise you it will be a night you wo...
The Schmidt family shivered at the terrifying orders, shouting and screaming echoing down Oranienburger Strasse. Once or twice a pistol went off. The Jewish quarter was alive with fear, the Star of David daubed on doors, the painted swastikas, street by street, every night for days. Now it was their turn, the rap on the door speaking volumes of doom. "We ha...