Better the Second Time Around This story is fictional. Events portrayed did not occur. Chapter One My name is Ethan. Nine months ago, I had left my home state and moved to Oregon, a suburb of Portland, to take a job with a small PC dealer, troubleshooting and repair shop. I walked the distance between home and the shop daily. Also within walking distance...
I could not believe it! I had just signed up for the ‘Surprise Me’ option on the sawhorse at Man’s World. This was supposed to be just an interview and fact finding mission. Howard Billings, my editor at the Hemmingsburg Report, had sent me to get the real story. It was my first assignment in my first job. I was so eager. Simply stated - I am going to get th...
Hey everyone, So this is the next installment but I have a quick poll for my lovely readers: I've been writing on Lit for awhile, and some of you know I have two other series posted and completed. The 1 year since my first installment of Unexpected Interest is approaching and I feel like I should do something out of the ordinary haha! I was considering sta...
Chapter 16 The Sisters I came out of the shower drying my hair. On the radio Martin Block was signing off with his signature recording of Glenn Miller & the Modernaires, Make Believe Ballroom Time. Dennis inhaled deeply from his cigarette and let the smoke out slowly, watching it spiral upward. "Hurry it up, the girls are in the lobby," Dennis said cal...
I wake up hearing a phone ring. For a moment, I think it's just a dream but then my phone blares audibly again with the stupid default ringtone I never remember to change. "Hello?" I try to reply as cheery as possible, not knowing who's on the other end. "Hello Mr. Michael, this is Susan calling from Lyft Driver Support, how are you today, sir?" She had a...
This story is entirely a work of fiction. ***** The meeting was winding down again. But I came as I had been doing for the last several weeks, to people-watch, and there she was, standing across the room, talking to a pretty blonde woman with a healthy figure. It was hard to say whether she was in charge. But I spent a lot of time tracking Holly around...
Ch. 05 song titles Pines of Rome, Movement 2 trumpet solo (Respighi) Petrushka, Ballerina trumpet solo (Stravinsky) An Unforgettable Melody Ch. 05 Mike awoke first on Monday, which surprised him; Melody had promised to wake him up at 6:30. Glancing at his clock, he saw that it was only 6:05. Guess her genie alarm hasn't gone off yet... Deciding to...
I was walking home from work this Thursday when I noted a late model Pontiac at the side of the street not far from my house. I was located in a quiet middle-scale suburb in New York state. The car had its hood up. As I drew closer I focused on the windshield in the driver-seat area. I noted a woman talking on a cell phone. I immediately wondered if she wa...
This is a calculated risk, the first chapter of a fairly long story I've been struggling with off and on for several months. When I hit a dry spell, I fleshed out a few ideas for shorter pieces and submitted them, but this story started calling me again. I've almost finished it, but unfortunately the most incomplete chapter is the next one. I was going to wa...
Hello Readers, I hope you enjoyed the first three chapters as much as I enjoyed writing them. Thank you to everyone that took the time to vote or post a comment, I really love seeing feedback of any kind from the readers. This is a second story arch in the world of Tina and Max. I have skipped ahead in time just a bit, but merely to just get through the "b...