Month: October 2021

Sure, there are other things. Potholes. Cornfields. Cleveland. But after three straight weeks of 98 degrees and 90% humidity you don’t really care that Kansas is a thing. You just want out — to escape the stifling grassland; preferably to a place where you don’t need to swim through the steam to reach the next air-conditioned oasis. Where I work […]

“Honestly Wyatt, you’re 25-years old. You need to settle down. Enough is enough already. Your father and I want grandkids. She’s a nice girl. You may not be in love now, but you will be. You’ll learn to love her. Wait and see. What do you have to lose?” Well the answer to the question of my mother’s tirade was […]

The first time I saw Tom, he was with his family at the registers. His father, a tall and hunky forties something, had the stature and demeanor of a man in his seductive prime. He commanded the scene with no effort at all. His mother, comely dressed in the garb of their religious sect, stood respectfully to the side. An […]

Bianca didn’t want to open her eyes at first. She was aware that she had woken up but wasn’t ready to admit it. The sleep she was returning from was deep and relaxed and she still felt as if a warm cocoon enveloped her that could be penetrated the moment she opened her eyes. But of course eventually her conscience […]

Gloria, my wife, was fucking an asshole truck driver. How did I know? The asshole truck driver’s wife told me. How did she know? The asshole truck driver told her. Why did he tell her? He didn’t know he did. His name is Ralph Godwin. His wife’s name is Janice Godwin, and like most people today, they both had cell […]

My Mother’s Son A strong bond that can’t be broken, in the way that I’ll always be a Marine, I’ll always be my mother’s son. I’m not a Mama’s boy by any means, I just love my mother. My problem is, and it’s a problem that many men have, I love my mother too much. Sexually attracted to her, I […]

Dave’s Mom, Liona, was always on his ass to get a job since he graduated high school, which was over a year ago now, but he always told her the same thing, “I’m just not interested in regular work.” “Well, you need to figure something out.” She told him. After complaining to her sister about it, Aunt Wendy said, “Look, […]

Lori was annoyed. She had been wanting to sleep, but there were too many mages outside her room, their magic smelled like piss and sulfur. It was a scent she was used to, but it didn’t mean she didn’t hate it. Most magic smelled like flowers or perfume, but not the human’s arcane magic, it smelled terrible. It was all […]

“Hello?” He was home. I felt the butterflies in my stomach. Now this was real on some level, not just a fleeting notion. “Hi,” I stammered. I hadn’t thought through this very well. It was an idea or a feeling, not a plan. Now I was scrambling. “Catherine? How are you?” He sounded pleased, and surprised.

He always stayed at the Marriott just off the Gänsemarkt, a modern hotel near the old city center, deep in the reconstructed downtown area of Hamburg, Germany. Staying here was habit now, nothing more or less than that, because as far as chain hotels went this Marriott was better than most and, when he thought about the matter he thought […]