"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...
"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....
"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....
"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...
"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...
"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...
"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...
"A mature gentleman enjoys a late-night bargain."
Nelson walked out of midnight karaoke at the strip club, forty dollars lighter, buzzed, and horny. After two wrong turns in the parking lot, he found the right Prius and made the drive to his hotel without incident. Once he...
"Fred gets lucky on a football bet, will he get lucky again later?"
The bar where Fred sat was crowded and dingy, but it had a television. On the screen, the Cowboys kicker shanked what would have been the winning field goal; a mixture of groans and cheers echoed in the crowded...
"A trip to Colombia offers a man unexpected excitement."
"Colombia? As in drug cartels?!?"My voice rose an octave and a half as my boss revealed himself to be an alien from the planet Moron."Who goes to Colombia? Do you realize that country's on the State Department's 'don't go there'...