Shall We Play? Part 5

"The others tell their stories."

After Jack left, I fell back into a deep sleep. Surprisingly, I didn’t wake up when my husband crawled into bed. The room was filled with light when my eyes opened. Logan was next to me asleep, like any other...

The Research Assistant

"Daphne helps out her professor at a conference"

The applause was thunderous. Daphne couldn’t believe so many people had come to listen to her leadership professor, Dr. Tyler, discuss his research. The convention center ballroom must have held about a thousand academics hanging on his every word. Seated...

Suck-sceptibility

"Allie can't resist Wyatt's influence at the office"

It was about mid-morning when Allie sidled into Wyatt’s cubicle. With casual poise, she leaned back against the edge of his desk beside him as he sat working. Regarding him with a deliberate eye, she waited for a moment before...

Like the Best Ever

"Cute raver girl gives dad a nice present."

It is interesting to whisper it in dad's ear during breakfast one morning: "I want to give you a BJ, dad. Like the best ever." Luckily mom's back is turned so she does not see his expression and the way...

Stella

"At a party Mike meets Stella, who ignores him at first. A few days later Mike gets a surprise."

The wind howled around me and tore at the hoodie I had tied tight around my head. It was freezing and late in March with rain hanging in the air. I crossed the street aiming for the light of the restaurant...

Fate into Doubt Won’t Go

"A cynical PI finds if choice can survive and love can bloom in a deterministic, data-rich future."

Choosing a lover by chance was so retro, so twenty-first century, but to hell with it. Sometimes you gotta roll the dice.By all outward appearance, she was a natural winner. Lips that could start or end wars. Hyperbolic curves that...