This is a story about my best friend Donna. Donna was a shopaholic. Rumor has it that she couldn't go into a store without buying something. So Donna ended up with a lot of weird things in her house, but mostly she just had every closet crammed with clothes. Donna was a stay-at-home mom, like the rest of us. She had four kids. But she didn't seem to have an...
Laura knew something wasn't quite right the minute she entered their apartment. The upside down coffee table and a scrawled sign on the television that shouted, "WATCH THE TAPE", tipped her off. 'Oh, brother. Must be time for another mission improbable.' Grabbing the remote control, she turned on the TV and pushed play. The screen filled with the dim sh...
The doorbell rang. Julia looked up and wondered aloud to her husband, Caleb, "Who in the world could that be at nine on a Saturday morning? Sit still; I'll get it." Julia and Caleb had finished a late breakfast of quiche and fruit on a warm, Biloxi spring morning. They were now leisurely perusing the New Orleans Times-Picayune over cups of fragrant coffee....
Bill and I are having a hard time right now making the bills. I knew for the sake of both of our sanity that I would have to get a job so I could help pay the pressing bills. The problem all started over a year ago when Bill decided that we needed a new car. If he had bought one we could afford, well we would not be in this mess. No, he had to buy a big new...
The arrival of morning found me sitting out on the deck in deep thought. I had actually been sitting out there most of the night, wondering how I had turned my life into such a mess, and what I could do to make things right. I was jerked back to reality when I heard my wife Meg come outside and say "Good morning Sweetheart. Are you all right? I woke up and...
Wayne had Roxanne cornered in the booth. He was right in her face interrogating her. "You know Roxanne, if I ever thought that you were playing me, I'm not quite sure how I would react." Wayne threw a picture down on the table, "I do know one thing though, and the Ramirez brothers don't cotton to being played." "Are you playing me Bitch?" Roxanne knew not t...
"Can I help you?" "Yes, I'm Adam Parks, and I'm looking for one of the students here. Her name is Eve Richards," I said to the woman at the visitor's information desk at Michigan State University. "One moment while I check our register," she replied, turning away. "I'm sorry, but our records don't show an Eve Richards registered here." I wasn't sure wha...
Copyright© 2008 by Denham Forrest (The Wanderer) * Although there is some mention of violence, murder and even rape in this four chapter story. It is completely devoid of any intimate sex. Clarification:- DHS in the UK, historically stands for the Department Of Health and Social Services, that was charged - among other things - with handing out cash to th...
Chapter: December "Don't Dream, It's Over" Losing someone you love is a devastating experience, and even after decades of weathering life's travails, the human body is a terribly fragile creation. Grief is the embodiment of stress, emotional strain, and the body reacts adversely. The immune system may be compromised, a heart condition exacerbated. Couple o...
"Mother? May we go shopping for something to wear when we dine with Caleb's family?" Molly broke the silence as her Mother read the daily mail. She felt it safer to ask her Mother while her Father was in the shower. Discarding the junk mail Marjorie Indrabooty took time to examine her daughter's hopefulness. It had been awhile since they had done anything...