"Going out leads to unexpected fun"
Being the head of my department has its perks. I started to take the opportunity of going in later than usual, not too late, but not early. The other perk was that Tiffany always had my favorite drink ready for...
"The finale of Red Hot Summer."
David was barely aware of the conversation happening around him, their voices sounding distant and muffled as though heard underwater. He could hardly think anyway. It was like he could feel the blood draining from his head and flowing into...
"The discovery of a mysterious algae causes things to get crazier on Ilha Anjos."
The next afternoon the sun was, once more, high and hot, its light glittering on the surface of the Atlantic and beating down on the boat bobbing up and down on the low waves next to a bright yellow buoy....
"On a mission to study changing climate patterns, a research team gets... distracted."
The sun was high and hot, its light glittering on the surface of the Atlantic and beating down on the cigarette boat cutting through the low waves, piloted by a wizened Brazilian man in a tattered Parrotthead shirt. Inside the...
"First date with Sandy has many ups and downs..."
I couldn't believe my luck. First, I met someone that I thought would be the next big thing in my life, but that fell through very quickly. Even though we had what was probably the best sex life I had...
"Everything usually works out in the end"
“You did not,” Lucy said. “Without us?” Ginger asked. “You bitch!” “I didn't want to get you girls in trouble, in case he called the cops on me for trespassing," I tried to explain my actions from the previous day. I had...
"Derek Gets One Over on the bosses."
"Morning," I said politely as Jack entered the elevator. "Morning," he replied. We stood in silence as we waited for the elevator door to open. Outside it looked like I was annoyed and even a tad angry, but on the inside, I...
"Kevin takes ownership of his new department, while someone takes ownership of him"
I couldn't wait for the next morning. All the things I wanted to put into effect had already been done. Now it was all about implementing them. I sat at the couch and wondered about who I wanted to promote....
"Losing a football buddy has never been better"
Sometimes things happen for a reason, that's what they say. I tend not to believe that shit happens is more my philosophy. I work at a packing and shipping firm in one of the busiest cities, so I usually do...
"Rough beginnings lead to a smooth ending."
Things hadn't gone to plan. I expected there would be some delays, maybe a hiccup here and there, but I was wrong, dead wrong. Nothing had gone right from the start. The building needed more work than we expected. The...