Adventures In Home Health Care

"The nurse takes over when his wife recuperates at home"

Some marriages get stronger as the years go on.Mine wasn't one of them.It's not that I didn't love my wife, but she has her personality and rough edges, and I've got mine.  Over the years, instead of buffing each other...

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"When helping out an old friend, no good deed goes unrecognized."

I needed to find a date for my fraternity brother.No, it's nothing like that.  College had been a long time ago, but George and I were pledge brothers, and we kept in occasional touch over the years.  The last time...

Snapshots (experimental)

"A 200-word stream of consciousness tale"

HandsLight strokes over their shoulders, back, down to their ass and the quivering creaseDarknessThey opened their eyes in vain. Fluttering eyelids felt the texture of a blindfold or sleep mask; the sudden reaction found their wrists and ankles held outstretched....

Favor For The Professor

"Ray takes out the Professor's big-boned niece and finds her more than he expected."

Ray Franklin was grading badly-written German essays when the Professor called him into the office."Raymondt, I have something to ask you." Professor Morton Dichter had been teaching at the university for twenty years, but his accent had never completely disappeared....

Shiftless In Seattle

"A strip bar can be an interesting place to hang out."

It had been a rough week, so Craig knocked off early Friday afternoon. Actually, the whole engineering group knocked off early - there was a going-away happy hour for Patsy, the senior team leader. Patsy was a compact but plush...

The Invisible Neighbor

"Madelyn thinks there's something sinister about the new neighbors, but it's Greg who finds out"

"I'm going to bake her a banana cake, that's what I'm going to do! You have to open your door when a neighbor brings a cake!"Greg put down his coffee cup and looked wearily at his wife, the adorable and...

Ergonomic Chairs

"A man finds out the secret to a company's staff motivation"

"I don't know how you find them, Thomas," my visitor commented.  "I've never seen a quieter secretarial pool in any of the offices I've surveyed this year.  What's your secret?""Ergonomics," I said mildly.  "It's all in providing a proper work environment...

Chuck and the Bad Prank

"A Halloween prankster makes a bad choice for his target"

"What do you have against the old widow anyway?"The gang was at happy hour across from the college campus, and Chuck had just announced his intention to toss eggs and stink bombs at the home of the local psychic.  The...