The Personal

"The people behind a personal ad turn out to be neighbors."

“I want to watch you make my wife your slave!”Well, sure, I thought. An ad in iambic pentameter, no less. I’ll be right over.Personals can be fascinating. After scanning them for a while, a reasonably knowledgeable reader develops a keenly-honed...

Meeting A Reader Part 2

"Johnny does a scene with his mother, the author plays with Johnny’s sister, and Johnny takes his sister to complete his family control."

The following Friday evening I again sat down with Johnny. He looked nervous. “Are you ready for this?” I asked him.“I think so,” he said with a tremor in his voice.“Don’t just think so,” I cautioned him. “You have to...