In the hopelessly overcrowded subway, it feels like rush hour after work in Tokyo. From the cold platform, people are streaming in, close to each other, clinging to all sorts of impossible grips, eagerly awaiting their evening at home.I am...

Private Show

"Mindy puts on a show for daddy..."

"Mindy, come out here, please."Daddy's voice tore me away from my magazine. He's not my father, mind you. To everyone else, he's my fiancé Mark, but he's my Daddy and I'm his good little girl. Well, mostly. I put the...

Deadwood

"A somewhat true story of the Gem Saloon, Dakota Territories, 1877."

I stood outside the louvered, swinging doors of the notorious Gem Saloon, taking in the sights and sounds of the establishment I was about to enter. Al Swearengen, the well-known owner and proprietor of the Gem, was holding court behind...

Unexpected Returns

"Charlotte sets her career on the line."

Charlotte Dawson read the Washington Post's review of her latest film and smiled."Mrs Dawson's performance in her latest movie was both talented and shocking. It has to be said, ladies and gentlemen, that this critic, who has repeatedly lamented the...

Double Standards

"It's just another day for a working girl"

The school girl pushed the heavy wooden door behind her, the brass latch making a satisfying click as it engaged with the strike.“Hello Daddy.”The gentleman whom she addressed was a man of sixty with short greying hair and was naked...

After I finished filling the RV at this second rate truck stop not far from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, I parked it between an 18-wheeler and a fancy RV. Then I gave my two dogs a quick chance to take...

The Research Assistant

"Daphne helps out her professor at a conference"

The applause was thunderous. Daphne couldn’t believe so many people had come to listen to her leadership professor, Dr. Tyler, discuss his research. The convention center ballroom must have held about a thousand academics hanging on his every word. Seated...

St. Claire

"Two girls change their journey's destination en-route."

"Good morning my child, you have a visitor from Tænnið Beach," Sister Anna addressed me as I lay in the sick-bed of the Convent in St. Claire with a heavily bandaged ankle."Good morning, Sister," I replied, with the words 'Tænnið...