Chapter 1 Terri looked over her shoulder and shouted, "last one in the water is a slug." Then she ran as fast as she could to the surf, kicking up sand all the way. Ryan laughed to himself. He was carrying, over one shoulder, a heavy cooler loaded with a six pack on ice, sandwiches and munchies. Over the other shoulder was their beach bag. He didn't e...
"Costa Rica? Why Costa Rica?" she asked. "Consider it a working vacation." "You know I don't like the water, right?" He gave her that patronizing look she found so annoying before saying, "Oh, come on. A little water won't hurt you. Besides, we'll be at a very nice hotel most of the time, so the closest you're gonna get to the water will be sitting on th...
VIRGIL'S REVENGE & DEBBIE LAYS HER CARDS ON THE TABLE Thank you for reading my series, 'Tom & Sue John & Debbie.' If you haven't read Chapters 1-18, please do so before reading this chapter otherwise you'll be missing out on all the details of the story. The series is written as a serial novel, that is, each chapter builds on the previous chapter with each...
Author's Note: Any and all persons engaging in any sexual activity are at least eighteen years of age. As always, I need to thank, Stylus and Madison, my cool editors – for their endless patience (I keep on making the same mistakes. I never learn). $$$$$$$$$$$$ Loneliness is a hole. It swallows everything until nothing matters. What does it matter if you...
Author's Notes: 'A Summer Without End' is my entry for the Summer Lovin Story Contest 2017. It's a dream for many to retire to a beach house to be near the ocean. The scent of salt water, the sight of sea birds fishing just offshore or dashing after the waves, and the sound of the surf. Each can be very calming. Combined? Bliss! It can be a magic place tha...
As soon as the TV crew cleared up and left the real party was underway just as Patricia and Billie returned from taking Mandy to the airport. "Why was Mandy jumping and yelling after being on the phone after closing the interview," Natalie asked. Her mother said, "Mandy told us in the car that was her producer telling Mandy it was her best interview in th...
Every culture has their own stories and lore: The Greeks believed in gods and goddesses, sirens and some other crazy shit, Scotland and Ireland believed in the Banshee, then the Americas believed in big foot the Char-Man, Mothman and Goat man, England believed in the Will-o'-the-wisp, dragons, elves, ogres. The list goes on and on. But there's one legend I...
By Woodmanone copyright May/2012 Another story of the old West that takes place in the turbulent, exciting, and sometimes bloody time just after the Civil War. I've taken some literary license with this story but several of the characters, events, and situations are based on fact. They are part of our country's history. Constructive comments, critiques, a...
Edited by Michael Leonard Prologue: I had joined the Navy right out of high school. In fact I had joined during my senior year and reported for boot camp at the Great Lakes Naval Training facilities just after graduation. Boot camp wasn't too difficult for me. Standing 5'4" tall and weighing a little over 120 pounds I easily met the basic physical requirem...
A bazillion thanks to thatsbogus, as good of an editor as he is a writer. This is the second Convertible story, written as a standalone - the first story is recapped in the intro, but I encourage you to read the first one anyway. ++++++++++++++++++++++ My name is Jacob Leopold. I'm 32, and live in Menlo Park, California. I'm a Penn State grad with a Maste...