Month: August 2021

“Hang on, hang on, you said nine months? Nine? I’ve had a longer relationship with the coffee in my pantry,” the tan businessman said to Nate as they laughed with each other across glasses of cheap beer. “You heard right.” Nate ticked off fingers as he recounted. “Three years with his ex, right?” He lifted the first finger. “Break up […]

As children my sister and I were mostly in the care of an aunt, because our mother was abroad, returning home for short breaks. She was, and still is, a brilliant economist, in non-stop demand around the globe, especially in developing countries, where she devised unorthodox fiscal schemes to boost their economies.

My name is Jerry Smith. I’m just an ordinary guy. I stand 5’9″ tall and weigh 155 pounds. I have brown hair and brown eyes. I got middling grades in high school and also in college. I am fit for my age, 42 y/o. I work as a mid-level manager for a retail clothing chain. I grew up in a […]

It all started by the pool at my apartment complex. During the summer, there were lots of girls that hung out at by the pool. Most of them just tanned on the deck chairs. Sometimes they brought a beer cooler. Occasionally they would swim laps or just stand in the pool and cool off. I’m not a perv, but I […]

There are villages within fifty miles of London where pretty cottages with roses in the front garden, backing on to orchards and paddocks that slope down to lazily meandering rivers, have been a feature of the English countryside for hundreds of years. Now, though, where once generations of families were born, married and lived in these villages all their lives, […]

Staring down at my feet, shielding my face from the heavy rain thundering on the fur hood of my coat covering me, yet not nearly enough from the wild weather here in Ireland, I power through the dark wet leaves on cobbled footpaths focused on the music that filled my mind. Hands in pockets, earphones in barely visible from the […]

Lisa stood outside the building and read the sign above the door, ‘Tithonus Gym and Health Club’. On the door itself was a smaller sign, ‘Members only gym, apply inside’. She glanced back to the parking lot, took a faltering step towards her car and stopped. She turned again towards the door, as she went to open it, a woman […]

Carl picked us up at ten the next morning, driving us back to his condo where Mitch threw her bags into her truck. Carl and Bridget went inside to give us some privacy. I’d managed to keep it together while we’d been packing up, but as soon as she pulled me into her arms I started to cry. Mitch let […]

“Hannah, are you paying attention? Did you hear a single thing I just said!?” Diana’s voice went right through me and brought me back into the room, that loud, screechy, nails on a chalkboard voice. “Yes, I heard you. Sorry, I was just.. thinking about.. the final showcase” Quick thinking from me, and a quick eye roll from Diana. Honestly, […]

The Terran Union’s ambassador, Mrs Samantha Kane was the only human on board the Galactic Alliance’s Diplomatic Ship, ADS Mazaakaraat. She was part of a team leading the arbitration between two races, the Threen and the Supran over the possession of a mineral rich moon, Skelda of a gas giant in the Cygnus III system. Both claimed to have settled […]