September 16, 2014: Sometimes I wonder if my whole life is a caricature. Here I am, a cop in Boston, Irish name, Irish descent, sitting in an Irish bar, drinking beer with other Irish cops. Oh well, I guess that stereotypes have to come from somewhere. I had just closed the books on the Mel Trainor and Shea Gibson murder cases, after they'd been open for d...
One after another, the esteemed gentleman of the south filed into the room, their expressions distraught. All had the same thought in mind, what to do of the rising of the darker races? William Earlson, former white master, and seller of slaves trained to service the households of wealthy southerners, had called this meeting of the most influential men of t...
All characters described are physically mature, young adults/18+. ***** Pairs of Pumpkins- Patches #1: An Estrangement Intervention at the Mason Memorial Inn ("Patches" are standalone, supplemental stories in the "Pairs of Pumpkins" Universe that exist outside of the chapters of the main storyline. They are intended to explore and detail ideas and charac...
Steve the sex therapy doctor Marylou the wife Jeff the husband When Saturday came, Marylou spent a long time that afternoon preparing for the swinger party at Steve's house that night. It was Jeff and her first time to do anything like that way all and now that they were she was going all out. Marylou had purchased a very short and extremely tight black d...
I sat at home, bored, watching some dull sports show, sprawled across the couch. So far my day had been exceedingly dull... work, break, more work, lunch, more work, head home.. nothing at home but the TV. I let out a hefty sigh, wishing my wife would hurry up and get home. At least then I could have conversation while being bored enough to start digging my...
His clothes were tattered and torn, but his face was soft and kind. His voice was soothing me as I spent my first night in the shelter and didn't know a soul. He was known as "Hobo Joe" from spending most of his life living on trains and in old abandoned shacks. He was an older gentleman, somewhere in his late 60's. His hair was a beautiful shade of silver a...
This is for all you married men out there, no not you honeymooners but you men who have been married awhile. You're horny but the wife's not in the mood or she just doesn't feel like it. You have a few choices here: I) you can whine and beg until she just gives in to shut you up, you know this will cost you later i.e. a trip to your mother in laws or worse....
*Note: I am a great fan of these books but those who have read the series know that Laura is a child at the beginning of the series. I have taken the liberty of making Laura eighteen years old so that she can tell her story of learning how to become a loving wife on the prairie. I am also using the visuals of the actors that portrayed the members of the Litt...
Away from home alone for the first time since my wife found out that I had gone to a strip club during my last business trip, I settle into my hotel room. I had thought of it as only a minor indiscretion, but my wife felt betrayed. She remains great looking in her early forties, but frets that she is losing her youthful beauty every time she finds a gray hai...
Placing the last bag of my wife's clothing on top of the large pile occupying my in-laws living room, I was reminded once again that new-borns do not travel lightly. My father-in-law, Michael turned to me with a smile: "Bad luck you having to travel for work so soon after little Gregory's birth but Marie and I are happy to have them here..." I briefly ret...