"You've gotta be kidding! Unbelievable!" I shouted into the phone. "Lorna's gonna be out of work for three months! And this is our busiest time of the year!" "That's what I just heard," replied Gillian, our HR director, trying to be calm, which I appreciated. "If she heals quickly, it might be 10 weeks maybe." "She's gonna be all right, isn't she?" "Oh, y...
My editor suggested I needed another five stories. She told me in terms and words and pages but I worked backwards and came up with the number five. I needed five more profiles. I had spent three days beginning new tales of sexual debauchery only to grow bored with them before they were done. I don't know if it was full on writers block but I needed some new...
Christmas Eve nightshift. The Graveyard Shift. The natural preserve of the childless, the lonely, the permanently single and the desperate. How many had he worked in a row now? Four? Five? The fact that he was losing count was almost certainly not a sign of success. God, I hate Christmas, he thought. Fucking pantomime. The locker room smelt musty. Hidden...
Travelling Folk Series Pt. 01: Fun Fair Attractions Copyright by Paul, 2000 07 03. All rights reserved. All characters are fictitious. Click Here to listen to Chapter 1. (11 min/RealMedia) Click Here to listen to Chapter 2. (26 min/RealMedia) Click Here to listen to Chapter 3. (5 min/RealMedia) * * * * * Chapter 1 Pat and Chris stood on the balcony, o...
It had been four years since the virus had escaped. It's transmission, through blood. Over the first few days it spread like the domino effect. Over the first few weeks, around the world, lakes and rivers dried up, lush green terrain and forest land decayed. Over the first few seconds of its escape the people all changed. Mindless, blood- crazed carnivores n...
The Pharmacy is a place to get medicine for healing, a dreary place where truth be told nothing ever exciting happens at least that's what I thought. It was a Saturday, a little down in temperature, but still mildly pleasant. I was standing in line, I was greeted by an amazing and beautiful sight. A woman stood in down the aisle to my left, who looked gorge...
Jenny was practically vibrating she was so excited. She'd been dating Eric for a little over a year. He was the one ... She was sure of it. On the anniversary of their first date, he showed up at her office dressed in the exact clothes he had been wearing that night. They went to the same restaurant, ordered the same meal. Back at his place, he'd rented th...
Writer's Note: This story is a bit late for St. Patrick's day but I thought it still would be good. It is one of my "Marriage In Trouble Stories". For this story I have a new editor, celest81 any credit for editing goes to her except for the last two paragraphs I made significant changes in both paragraphs after she sent it back to me. Hopefully they are sti...
Sitting back at my table for one, I was a little embarrassed by the size of the mound of food on my plate. I'm not usually the buffet type, but the one at the Hollywood World casino in Las Vegas is as good as they get—and I was HUNGRY. I had used up lots of energy in the last 24 hours—seducing my first human female, playing blackjack until 6AM to burn off my...
Thank you to Anne for her thoughtful suggestions. Thank you to Chrystal Wynd for his encouragement. ** Ezmerelda sighed as she scanned the board. Unexpected events had sapped her savings and she was short on rent for the month. Usually only two jobs were necessary to cover her monthly expenses. Her next selection would be her fourth. The extra work was c...