"Would you buy into a crazy theory surrounding an old hotel to save your marriage?"
I wrapped up breakfast at the dining room table, entranced by my wife’s jiggling booty. She was clearing the sink of dirty dishes wearing an old shirt of mine that fell some inches above her knees; leaving me salivating at...
"Fortunes Told, Secrets Revealed At The Midsummer Fair"
It had been Kelly’s idea to visit the fair. She’d been chasing Ben all summer and his band had got a booking to play the beer tent, doing their covers set for the drunks. She was desperate to go, having...
"Some memories will get you in trouble, and some will get you more than you hope for."
I thought it all started with a phone call, but, as usual, I was wrong.It took me a minute to get up to speed, because my buddy Bruce was talking fast and I had no idea what had fired him...
"A Lumberjack learns a hard lesson."
"May I please have your attention class," said Mrs. Mitchell. She stood in the front of the auditorium that was full of the fifth-years."As your training has progressed satisfactorily, today we must deal with an important topic. I'm not sure...
"Will the haunted history of the house live on through me?"
I knew the house was going to be a fixer-upper when I saw it on Zillow. According to the price and tax history, the home had sat vacant for long periods of time between buyers. The house was built in...
"After a year of waiting, Jill finally gets her time with the Girls."
I told Jill the dreamlike story that night as we lay in bed. Initially, she was quite jealous and a bit angry, even though it was obviously a dream. There was no other possible explanation.In her anger, Jill repeated, "How...
"A sorceress finds love while enlisting the help of a mortal man to save their village from darkness."
Isabella ventured into the woods until she found a clearing. Standing in the gleaming sun, the red-haired sorceress conjured a cool fog as a mystical globe levitated between her palms. While the mist dampened the skirts of her velvet green...
"Who is the woman I have been having nightmares about?"
I woke up in a cold sweat from another nightmare. It was always dark and foggy in them. For the past few weeks, I'd had a continuing nightmare of a mysterious woman lurking around me. I don’t know why I was...
"Someone finally sees her..."
Another day at Foster Academy. My spirits lift a little since I convinced my friends, Charlotte, Richard, Emily, and William, to go hiking in the woods on the school's property. Well, the word friends isn't really accurate, as they really only...
"A man's last story tells his children, and the world, why he wants to be buried in a local cemetery."
I don’t know why, but I have always been fascinated with cemeteries. As I travel around the country I often walk through graveyards– especially country graveyards– and visit the graves. Back home, I know most of the departed by name.Perhaps...