I was not feeling happy that evening as I rode the train home. I was returning from a two-day business trip and had decided to take the train and not a plane because I wanted to prolong the time before I arrived home. My boyfriend and I were going through a rocky patch and the night before I left we had a nasty argument that wasn’t resolved by the time we we...
Gerald Gordon had it all. He had just turned 46 that year and was a successful criminal lawyer. He was married to his beautiful wife Margo and had two well-behaved children; Myra who was 15 and Ryan who was 17. To top it all off, he also had a gorgeous 27-year-old mistress named Elle. He'd started seeing Elle over two years ago when she became his personal s...
A remote village seething with sexual goings on Saturday Not another misty grey spring morning Kelly Brook thought, throwing back the bedroom curtains of her parents pretty, rented cottage in the New Forest. On the edge of a highly sought after, by townies, village with good commuting by road or rail, a manor, one convenience store, a post office owned by...
"When evil men plot, good men must plan. When evil men burn and bomb, good men must build and bind. When evil men shout ugly words of hatred, good men must commit themselves to the glories of love." - Martin Luther King The older of the two men adjusted his cuff links as he sat and waited for the other to pour him a whisky and soda. He accepted the glass a...
"And so the servants of Sejova and Jaynus thought to cover the world in fire and blood, preaching of the peace and love of their Gods. They thought to burn, and kill, and destroy the old places, the Ancient places, where people would worship the Gods of their people. The servants of the New Gods would have succeeded too, but the ran into the North, and their...
I thought that after her night with me, Amanda would want some distance for at least a few days. But the very same morning she left my home I got a call from her saying that she'd made it home safe. She said, "As much as I would love my body to remember last night, I need a shower and a sleep." Not long after that, I got a call from Katrina, asking me what...
Kira had finished her night sleeping on the billiard. Her bag was filled up with condoms tied to their base. The bouncer had obligingly given her a plastic bag to transport the rest. She woke up at a quarter to seven. God she would be late at the school! She didn't take the time to shower or even comb her hair and run to the school. She arrived at ten past...
I rented out the apartment which I owned and had lived in before meeting my husband. After a few years of married life we wanted to move to a larger house and so needed to sell my apartment to partially fund our new home. I gave the tenants notice and engaged the services of a few real estate agents to try to sell the apartment. One morning one of the agent...
Voting figures for the four council seats were posted first. Two sitting councilors held their seats easily and the other two sitting councilors were edged out in closely fought contests. The provisional results for the mayoral election were then posted. BLACK, Sloan Alvin 724 votes. BUXTON, Charles 3337 votes. The people around Buck went wild and Buck...
Roy was holding a bouquet of flowers. Not only that, but he dressed in a way that I guess was supposed to impress me. Cargo shorts like Chris, a hoodie, and his beat-up old Vans. Are you fucking kidding me? "Oh, so now that you fucked up, you wanna try to win her back?" Roy yelled, "Look, this is none of your business. Now go somewhere because I need to t...