Kathleen looked around the plush master bedroom in the mansion. She wondered if there were secret cameras behind the mirrors or hidden in the vents. The room was bright and the colors of the carpet and bedding were light. Everything had the feel and smell of new and expensive. The powerful men her husband set her up with were the type to have video of their...
Once upon a time there lived a beautiful fair maiden by the name of Snow White. Snow White was a virginal young woman who lived a very sheltered life. Her father was a very famous televangelist whom, due to obvious legal reasons, shall remain nameless in this story. He did not permit Snow White to have any boyfriends, listen to music with obscene lyrics, or...
Chapter One Maria Williams checked the time on her iPhone... three o'clock... time for her weekly call to Angela. She and Angela are best friends, and have known each other since attending kindergarten together at Mariposa Elementary School. Their relationship could be described more like sisters, than best friends. They confide in each other about everythi...
The girl was awake. Her dark-rooted blonde hair stuck to her face. Cobalt blue eyes, long since accustomed to the dark, no longer struggled for focus. Was it morning? Evening? Mid-afternoon? She refused to allow her frazzled mind be concerned with this annoyance. "Time," she thought...then let it go. Even the dank basement no longer offended her. She was, in...
This is a contribution to the Survivor Revival Challenge, organized by Tara Cox. My first eleven stories were called My Junior Year Abroad. Next up was the little story, "Why I love Wives." Following that, we had five chapters of My First Time. This is my eighteenth story in the Survivor Revival Challenge. I hope you like it. Personally, I'm wasting away in...
A Bad Day in the Office: All Hell Rains Down Since she was alone at her desk at noon she started singing and finishing work. Before she knew it 1 pm had approached. She started to close down her computer when she heard noise near the front of the office. It must just be security; everyone else is gone right now except for the security in the office. Then...
Every. Fucking. Night. It's always the same. No matter how much I drink. No matter how much I fuck. No matter when I go to bed. At exactly 2:30 a.m., I wake up and can't get back to sleep. It's her; I know it is. Rebecca never liked to sleep, usually passing out on any nearby surface. She never went to sleep on purpose; her body just ran out of steam...
I A wave of panic hit her once more, and Cara let out a heaving sob. Her chest felt like it was being squeezed in a vice, and she couldn't breathe. The attack tore through her like a fire, and the tears poured down her cheeks as she hugged herself, rocking back and forth on her bed. Shaking, her hands reached for her pill bottle, and she managed to swallow...
Lily sat propped up by pillows on her bed, her eyes fixed on the screen of her laptop. She had been surfing the web to pass time, waiting for Marcus to log on, but her mind had wandered and now she found herself staring at an article on the Leaning Tower of Pisa. She had always dreamed of traveling through Europe for at least a month, but there just never se...
It had been two years since they'd seen each other. Two years since breaking it off for good after considerable struggle to stop. Neither wanted to end it; but the only thing harder than ending was continuing. The deceit, the guilt, the risk, it had all taken a toll. She'd gone on Xanax halfway through; he'd taken to sleeping on the leather couch in the seco...