Author's Note: This two-part story was motivated by a surprising number of nice people asking me variations of the following question: "So whatever happened to 'Berry' from 'Strawberries & Bubblegum'?" Don't worry, you don't have to be one of these people, or even understand the question they posed, to find "Berry's Second Chances" entertaining. You jus...
Author's note: To get the most out of this chapter; the reader is strongly encouraged to read the 1st part of this series! You will find much more "action" in this chapter 2. Please give me "feedback"...I got lots of "hits" from part 1; but very few comments. Constructive criticism and/or encouragement is appreciated. Chapter 2. It was the Friday nite fol...
This is just me entertaining myself. It stems from a chat that I had with my buddy RichardGerald concerning the origin and composition of the pavement on the road to hell. There are no blameless people in it. But IMHO that's the risk of being human. It's semi-axiomatic that decent people will try to do the "right-thing." But then again, the right-thing is...
June 9th, 1947 It was two a.m. and my eyes burned as badly as the cheap whiskey I was pouring down my throat. As fast as they were going down you would have thought I could convince myself that it was the good stuff, but my stomach kept reminding me different. Lou's Last Stop was filled with the usual crowd of sad sacks and lonely hearts. All scrambling to...
This is a fictional account. ********************************* Thanks to all of you that have written me back on this series. I am glad many of you have liked it and appreciate the kind words. Thanks too to Techsan for helping me edit this story. This is the final chapter for now. I want to try other things but you never know. Maybe one day I will come bac...
In the early spring of 1962 I was sixteen. I had been raised most of my life in the country on a lake where swimming was an everyday thing. When we moved to the city I found the thing I missed the most was swimming in the lake. I had tried the city pools but found them too crowded and rowdy for my taste. When you're used to having a whole lake to swim in,...
Chapter 1: "Set in Stone" Alli sat on a soft padded stool in front of her makeup mirror and sighed. She'd not slept very much for a couple of nights, now, and the decision she had finally made after years of denial had been, to her great surprise, one of the easiest things she'd ever done. Her stomach fluttered as she pursed her lips and frowned slightly in...
Mack had logged the big trees of the Pacific Northwest for years. His physical appearance was rugged, his tanned skin covered with the small scars from being hit by branches and a few larger scars from an errant saw. Women loved the bulging muscles in his arms, his washboard stomach, and his strong chin. He loved women with long legs and firm breasts. A flas...
Authors Note: This is a second story about a man torn between two women. It is told from the other woman's point of view. If you haven't read the first, please do so. Thanks. My special thanks to hkf999 for editing the story and to Submissioness for her help. * Hi there. My name is Candi Deetry. I am a young woman with a strong appetite for men. I can't he...
[This story stands alone, though it fits into the bigger 'Out of the Closet' story. It was planned as Chapter 5, but my muse has been badgering me for months to release it sooner. I learned my lesson and will obey. She's stopped me from writing before when I didn't listen. It fits in the time line about 16 weeks after Out of the Closet, ch 1.] * In his mot...