"Kris gets locked into a relationship but finds her out with an unlikely neighbor."
I would never have thought I would be where I am in my life. Not that I do not like where my life is, just that anyone who knew me growing up would be shocked where I am.I will need...
"She wasn't a mermaid, was she?"
George was from a very protective family. In his family, there were a few rules, like no TV and no phone calls during dinner. Those were moments for sharing about the day, at school for him and his siblings, and...
"The emancipation of a regressed woman."
Awakening The priest had heard the door shut quietly and settled into a comfortable position, ready to hear the usual liturgy of minor transgressions that would be forgiven with his scale of “Hail Mary’s” by way of absolution. Twenty minutes later,...
"I have always felt the touch and grace of beauty. Yet it is only to the beauty of a woman that I have fallen."
I had had it. What a week. Finally, it’s Friday, and … my birthday. I couldn’t help but smile as I walked out of the office. I got on the train at 33rd, headed for my apartment in the Village....
"Sometimes the unexpected happens."
Dana came from a wealthy family. She went to college and got a degree in World History. With her degree, she could have taught, and she had the vocation for teaching, but she said that she preferred to leave the...
"She was a teacher, they wrote their own history"
Life works in funny ways. Or, should I say, two ways.Let’s just say, what you sow, you reap, and considering that, the two ways factor comes to play.What you sow either comes back one day and bites your ass or,...
"At a distance, love in COVID time is harduous."
Do you know what is worse than starting a new job? Doing it just after the COVID confinement started. What was supposed to be a simple in-person onboarding followed by a team introduction meeting changed to be a hasty phone...
"Nora flaunts herself in front of Paul's colleagues."
One day in early September, the time came for Nora to join The Salient newspaper at City College. She was going to attend the first staff meeting of the new semester with me.I had joined nearly a year earlier in...
"LeeAnn met the guy who changed her life and made her dreams come true."
LeeAnn, a twenty-two-year-old woman, had a great curvy body, long red curly hair, green eyes, and full lips. She was beautiful and everywhere she went, people turned to look at her, men and women, old and young.From 10 PM to...
"When you get bored, you have to do something about it."
“I’m going out tonight.”“Oh, with who?”“No one.” “So, you’re going out alone?” “Yes.” “Where are you going?” “I don’t know.” “Ok, you’re going out alone but don’t know where you’re going. When will you be back?” “I don’t know.” “Will...