PART 1 I'd like to tell you a story about some people I know. This story has only three main characters. Actually, depending on how you define 'characters,' it may only have two. Let's call it three. The main character isn't a person. It isn't even a living thing, so I'm told. It is an infectious agent, more commonly called a virus. Yes, you guessed it. The...
CHANGING LIFE CHAPTER 1 By SwMoHermit Jack Johnson took off work at noon on Thursday, July 3. He was going to be on vacation for the week after the fourth and intended to enjoy the holiday weekend and his vacation to the max. Jack almost ran from his office to his eight year old Ranger 4X4 extended cab pickup. Most of his camping and fishing gear was alre...
Part 1: Basically, you have to believe in wild, ridiculous, "well-it-could-happen" types of scenarios to believe this story. That said, it did happen. The setup: At 41, I was the sole male chaperone for a girls trip to Cancun. 20, 18-year-old girls. 3, moms. 2 of which divorced and single. 1 of which had been flirting with me for years even though she...
A previous story told of a nudist adventure on my boat, the S.S. Happy Place. This story occurs a few years later and tells of another boat trip in the Florida Keys and how we introduced two new friends to the nudist life. ********************* My daughter, Melody, had just finished an intense senior year of high school and looked like she needed a well-de...
The Tortured Spirit of Lover's Mountain The old black woman quickly wrung the rooster's neck, and then slit open the belly. The heart still throbbed as she spilled the entrails onto the floor of the cabin that housed her altar. Light from the many smoking candles lit the glistening, gruesome mass of ropy intestines and dark organs as she stirred through the...
Scott Koehler put the last of his belongings into his car and closed the trunk. He took one last look at the house that he called home for the previous 10 years that now a "Sold" sign in front of it. He lost his wife, Madeline or Maddy to people who knew her, and he had decided it was time to move on. Not only had he sold the house, he sold the furniture and...
On a hot rainy, late summer afternoon, Bob and Chris headed out for their yearly vacation. It was their annual get reacquainted, visit family and old friend jaunt over a large part of the countryside. It had been a harder year than most and they really needed this time. Bob had, had to search for a new job twice when the computer companies he'd worked for we...
The next morning, Tom met us for breakfast. "No problem," he smiled. "They had room on the flight tomorrow." "Fantastic," Suzie exclaimed. "Let's spend the day exploring. I want to see some of the rest of the island." Tom and I agreed, though I don't think that was what either of us had in mind. We were more interested in continuing our exploration of Suzi...
Part 3 The Weekend Dinner The walk back to the room was entertaining. I stopped an watched two girls kissing by the pool. One of the girls helped carry our bags to our room the first day. The one that smiled at me waiting for you to get done with their friend in the bedroom. It only took me ten minutes and you are already in the shower with Drew. You rea...
Regina stared out into the night from the balcony of her hotel suite. Her eyes were mesmerized by the ocean's dance as it swayed to the rhythmic tune sang by the wind. The pale reflection of the moon's glow shimmered on the waves as they played a game of tag with the shore. They would rush in and briefly touch the white sand before quickly retreating to the...