Rain Shadow

"But there is nothing more."

She ruined men. If they were lucky. She didn’t want a protector, handyman, or a sugar daddy. She wanted to fuck. Always.Her amorous ardour was raucous. She lived like a dance, her voice an intoxicating rhythm that filled whichever floor...

Early Arrival

"Doing your duty is not always appreciated. Love is fickle."

It was early morning on April 6th.Our boat had just arrived back in port two weeks early from our standard, one hundred twenty-day silent underwater deployment, cruising the Pacific shelf, on the ready, to silently defend any aggressive movement toward...

A Late Session

"Young man receives unexpected treatment..."

I always spend my Friday nights with my good friend, George, drinking and exchanging our troubles. Months before my divorce from Rita, he had listened patiently to my sad tales of how we were drifting apart. He offered some advice,...

Dear John –part 5 of 15

"“Stab the body and it heals, but injure the heart and the wound lasts a lifetime.”"

CHAPTER 13In spite of her dubiosity, she had seemed to relax at my willingness to talk and visit her place in order to see the children.“Good, I’ll call first, okay?” she said, “let you know that I’m coming.”“Uh-I don’t have...

I saw you weakAnd hated youThe way you clung to meYour need so claustrophobicI could barely breathe And yet I felt responsibleNot able to break freeEach time that I would take a stepYour grasp dug into me As though I...