Month: October 2021

“What do you mean, that game is fifty cents to play? Are you on crack?” The short, wiry young man was poised on his toes, trying to intimidate me. Luckily, he was shorter than I am…and I have a thing for Hispanic guys. I kept my cool. “Dude, trust me. This is so worth it. You’ll see.”

Joseph lay Mandy on her back on the bed. He gently ran his fingertips across her brow, down her cheeks, along her neck, across her bare shoulders, and part way down her arms. He stopped briefly to remove his phone from his pocket, turn on some romantic music, and set it on the night stand. Mood set, Joseph returned his […]

Paul was a vice president at the Activity Company Pty Ltd. It was the largest gaming software company in the southern hemisphere. At the age of 34, he was also the youngest executive the company had. He was young, handsome and had the body of a Greek god. Naturally, this bred a lot of resentment in the workplace. It was […]

PART ONE ‘Buses are such wonderful inventions,’ thought Sidney Q. Wickington as walked from the ticket counter toward the departure area. ‘Where else do you get to spend hour upon hour with total strangers, none of whom particularly cares to know you, none of whom will even think about you after they disembark? It’s absolutely perfect for me!’ Taking his […]

Ms. Susan Allen had started working at the school at the start of the term. She had a rather quotidian look about her. He had exchanged a few words with her in the teacher’s lounge and in the hallway. He liked her smile. She approached him after school. “I heard you are good with computers. Can you take a look […]

We were going to the performance of a stage hypnotist. My roommate, Leslie, had been given two tickets — for free — by some guy she met in a mall. He told her he was a ‘front man’ for the hypnotist and that giving away the tickets was some kind of media thing. A lot of folks would have simply […]

John had been at his tribunal and Lucy was so excited about the gossip. John was the husband of a friend and it was salacious. My wife had told me about rumours some time before that John had been bullying female members of his staff. She was annoyed that nothing had been done about him even though she didn’t know […]

This day could not get any more infuriating. I think as I try to mop the floors of the convenience store in the dark. The lights have been off for about an hour for no apparent reason. It is hot, mid July, Texas heat. I am fuming but there is work that still has to be done. There will be […]

I had been talking to my ex-girlfriend for a few months. We had been friends since high school and then dated for four years in college. When she left me it took a long time to get over the rage and hurt I felt. Hell, I’m still not over it. But despite my better judgement we were talking again. Texting, […]

It all started with Gemma, or at least that was what everyone thought until it was too late. The ostensible study session in the common room had devolved into a conversation about everyone’s worst slumber party experience, and just after Ami finished with hers (“and her mom came in with something she called ‘Better Than Pizza’, and it had this […]