Back in the lineup One-eight-six felt wild and untamed on her first day back in the lineup. She deliberately stumbled within the chain gang next to the board walk. She stopped now and then defiantly yanking the chain in front of her, forcing the slave behind her to crash into her back. When the guard lashed her she spat in her face leading to more lashes. B...
After almost twenty years of marriage my wife Ann and I separated three months ago. Ann felt that she couldn't resolve our issue with me in the house. "Steve, I need to be by myself and to get my head around our problems." "Ann, these aren't big issues, it should be a no brainer to work them out; unless there are things you haven't told me about." "Steve,...
But when the sun comes up to light the skies I see the Aegean heaving into a great bloom of corpses...Greeks, the pick of a generation scattered through the wrecks and broken spars... Aeschylus: Agamemnon Ron and Maxine, Key Plaza Sports & Leisure Centre bar and assistant general managers respectively. Both of them suited-up, spray-tanned, bleach-toothe...
I had been out of college for about five years, working in a large West Coast city as an economist for an import/export firm, when I got the call. I was in the middle of a large transaction involving shipments of Australian beer, of all things, and was awaiting the final import duty figures when the phone rang. I whipped it up off of its carriage and barked,...
When I turned 16, I started working at a small independent grocery store. Once a year, the owner would choose a Sunday and close the store to hold a company picnic. Everyone and their families were invited, and it was held in a state park that had areas set aside for such occasions. No one needed to bring anything unless you wanted. The owner spared no expen...
"Norm, can you stop by sometime today?" I had to stop and think. Who was calling? The voice was strained and obviously upset, almost sobbing. Beth, its Beth. In less than two weeks I was committed to 'escort' Beth to her daughter's wedding. "Sure, ... I'll be there about three this afternoon." My 'escort' duty had been setup for me by my deceased wife, Do...
The sequel to Un-Break My Heart. A 'heart' felt thanks to those who came to slap some sense into me: HDK, X_Bishop, Patricia51, RPsuch, and all the rest, and to those who requested I continue the story begun in Un-break My Heart. This is for you. And, as ever, to the bestest editor-in-chief since Perry White, LadyCibelle. Be warned; there is no sex, no dru...
I saw her red hair first, a flash of color against the green and gray of the yard and driveway next door. From my bedroom window, I looked down. A green tank top tugged at a set of small, pert breasts. White shorts swished over long, slender legs and the tight curve of her rump. And that hair, that flaming splash of red in the morning sun... An ache sprea...
In high school, I wasn't an ugly duckling, but I wasn't the school beauty either. I was tall, 5 feet 8 inches, and skinny. I measured 35A-28-33. I had some good attributes, as everyone does. Mine were my big brown eyes and my long full reddish blonde hair. My legs are very long, but they were skinny with knobby knees. Twiggy was out of style by then. Girls w...
Famous (and quite infamous) magical devices and weapons are liberally scattered throughout the Realms- great and terrible swords, armor of special qualities, magic rings of a hundred varieties, crystal balls and the like; the list goes on and on. However, when we looked into it, no one had acknowledged or catalogued the various magical items created for the...