Virginia Beach

I am not really the write in a diary kind of person but with nothing else to do here, we go. We arrived last night at my Grams condo. She had left me a little care basket and in among other things was this leather-bound diary and several really nice pens. There was also a note saying she had linked […]

Out on a Limb

I was partially hidden among the leaves of the mulberry tree, with one arm wrapped around the trunk and the other stretched over my head. My fingers grasped for the sweetest berries, which tended to be among the higher branches. “Sophie! I thought I’d find you here,” a voice said from below, making me jump.

Shannon’s Match

It was the middle of a Saturday afternoon in late August and it was hot as blazes outside. Fortunately, parts of the yard were covered by the shade of our towering trees. Stopping in one of the better shady spots, I slowed the engine on the mower and took a drink from my water bottle before looking at the tracker […]

Promises

My feet pound out a simple rhythm on the frozen pavement while my mind chips away at a complex engineering problem. The frigid wind is bracing, but I’ve still worked up a light sweat by the time I round the corner at the far end of my run. Three miles down, three to go under the dull, steel gray skies […]

Living Single!

I picked up my phone and sat on the edge of my bed as I opened the text. It was from “J.T.”, short for Jill T. Jill was another of the women I’d heard from after my Craigslist posting. She’d said she’d had it in her draft mailbox for a while before finally sending it – and asked if I […]

Swallow

Subconsciously, I heard footsteps walking towards my almost-empty room. As soon as I became sure that they were really footsteps, I opened my eyes and got up from my steel bed. I waited until the door opened. A few seconds more and someone entered. He was there again, in front of me. Even with the dim light surrounding me, I […]

Dragon Lady

I had spent the morning lounging behind my desk, contemplating various pressing problems; unpaid bills, minuscule bank balance, serious dearth of clients, chronic lack of sex. My last job had been five days ago. A worried wife, who I’d found out had every reason to be worried. However, it had taken me just over half a day to establish what […]

Good Hair Day

They were sitting on the extra wide stone steps in the small but well-manicured backyard talking while she did his hair in front of the double glass sliding door. It was a beautiful day out and as long as he brought whiskey, kept pouring and the sun kept shinning she was happy to re-twist his locs. They weren’t close friends, […]

Fucking Each Other’s Brains Out

I went to a beautiful ambient hotel for a business meeting, after finishing the meeting I was about to leave and my eyes suddenly shifted towards one a beautiful lady who was enjoying her drinks alone. She looked at me and we greeted each other with our eyes.

Hooking Up My Friends

“J-one-one-seven up, nerd!” came a shrill voice that pulled me out of focus. I set the silverware back down, wiped my hands on those ridiculous little aprons they gave us, and reached up onto the warming shelf that separated the front and back of the restaurant. I raised my eyebrows up at the girl across the divider, looking Alex straight […]