"Can a single perfect day alter the course of one's life?"
It was a perfect day.Seabirds cried and wheeled overhead as I walked through the sand near the water’s edge, studiously avoiding the rocky patches that dotted this secluded beach in Northern California. The air was warm, much warmer than usual...
"A man and his mother-in-law have a long standing dislike for each other, until a conversation gets out of hand."
During the eleven years of his marriage, so far, thirty-five-year-old Cole Tibbott had never really gotten on with his mother-in-law, fifty-nine-year-old Charlotte Simpkins.Cole had a good relationship with his father-in-law, Russell, but Charlotte had never seen Cole as being fit...
"A chance encounter at a local dogging spot leads to a mutual pleasure."
There is a spot where the bushes make a kind of cave. There are used tissues, used condoms, and pornographic pages torn from old magazines, fading and damp with spunk, slowly turning into leaf mold. It’s the haunt of doggers...
"He breaks a leg in a cemetary and finds a full time nurse with benefits"
I work in an office with some very nice people. Yes, we have our busy body, Agnes. Agnes slithers through the hall with her cup of coffee, just looking for gossip. And if you ask her, she is the busiest...
"A young woman meets someone her grandmother warned her about."
Chenoa and her friends were sitting on the restaurant’s patio having lunch. The patio was adjacent to the park’s main walkway. On this gorgeous spring day, many folks were out enjoying the park. It allowed Chenoa to people-watch, one of...
"Timmy, the hard luck orphan, gets his break"
Summer 1946.It was another hot day. Timmy’s tie was still in his pocket, and his dress shirt was untucked and unbuttoned, with the sleeves rolled up. His bare chest glistened with sweat. This neighborhood of East Los Angeles didn’t help....
"A housewife comforts a heartsick young Marine"
Jasmine looked pityingly across the bar at the poor kid. She cracked open another bottle of beer and pushed it his way. His ID had said he was twenty-three, but she suspected he hadn’t been around the sun a full...
"Elise meets a beautiful stranger on the train to the beach in the rain."
One rainy day, I had decided I wasn't gonna sit at home and wait out the rain. Chicago was amazing in the rain, with the hazy skies and the glistening lights of the city, moving through the wind with the...
"A solo holiday leads to a new life experience"
The heat and humidity were unbearable as I approached the pond hidden behind the resort. So far my first solo vacation to a tropical paradise since the divorce was uneventful and somewhat lonely. The few single women I had encountered...
"Three Sisters + Ancient Temple + Full Moon"
"Are you interested in ancient temples?" she asked.Arthur looked up from his late lunch at the small Welsh country pub outside Pembroke. It was the thirteenth of August. The Summer sun had warmed the afternoon nicely, and the patio table...