A Torturous Climax
"Trying to resist."
Each breath passes so violently into and out of me it feels as though the next is trying to muscle the last to the side in their race to the finish line. The frequency has only increased, and my brain...
Knock... Knock... Knock...The door opens and I am pulled inside. It's dim, but there is a beautiful young blonde who is wearing next to nothing holding my hand. I start to speak when she puts her finger across my lips urging silence.With...
Love unspoken, lust as clear as day
"This girl really likes me - and she's not afraid to show it."
The Spanish embassy in Bogota, Colombia was awash with women. Working there, I mean. The ambassador herself was about seventy years old and although that doesn't make her ineligible in my book - and she was in decent shape and was...
One Wish, Chapter 1
"Tyler was sweet on a girl out of his league. A desperate wish may be the key..."
The bell had rung for the dismissal of third period and now Tyler Martin was on his way to the cafeteria for lunch. The cafeteria was quite crowded that day since it was cold and raining outdoors in the courtyard...
More Than Just a Thank You Chapter 1: Dinner for Two
"A surprise awaits chef Jake as he takes a mid day break."
It was some time around 2:00 PM when the lunch rush finally started to die down. A few stragglers litter about the tables, silhouetted in the sunlight against the windows of the dining room. Each still deeply engrossed in conversations...
Alive in Flight
"Let it burn and burn so I know that I'm alive in flight."
Eyes open, another breath escapes, another morn.Although alone, I know you've been here all along.I breathe you in like a long drag off a cigarette.I stubbornly refuse to exhale.I love to feel you like chemicals inside,Soaking through my skin,to saturate...
And Ophelia Blinked
"Everyone likes to believe they're the protagonist of their own story."
Her name was Ophelia, so of course, she was doomed to become arrogant and obnoxious from the start. To be honest, I should have seen a lot of the signs from the beginning. Like with most people that I found interesting,...
The Social Club
"I needed a job so I asked my best friend. He told me about the Social Club."
I walked over to my friend Bob’s house on Sunday evening, then knocked on the door. Bob opened it and invited me in.“Hey, Gary, how’s it going? Did you find a job yet?” Bob said.“No, not yet. There’s not much...
Daddy’s Visit
"Katherine and her father sneak out for a risky public date..."
Kat was gone.She and I had rapidly put together a plan to hide the truth of her pregnancy from the world. She'd go back to G____ University, where she had deferred her admission two years prior, and resume her studies until...
It was the summer of 1683 when Jean Riel arrived in Lachine. His long journey from Limrik, Ireland to New France had finally concluded.The son of a French soldier and an innocent Irish maid he had stayed in Ireland after his father returned to...