"The walls are very thin in some houses"
My name is Judy, and I had just graduated from nursing school and was living on the right side of a two-family house, with an elderly couple living on the other side.The layout of the houses was identical except reversed....
"Trish and Dave get to know Jacquelyn, and prepare for the evening ahead."
The knock on the door had Trish in a panic. She thought Jacques must have changed his mind about winning the Sevens tournament and returned. But Dave climbed off the bed, and walked to the front door, knowing it would...
"The agony begins..."
The sky, of which there is rather a lot in Cambridge, was the colour of lead. From horizon to horizon an unrelenting solid coffin-lid of cloud covered my little world. No more the vivid world of Amsterdam, fizzing with light...
"Starting work is difficult as she lives through the previous day's surprise."
It had been an early start at the coffee shop. It was her turn to open up and set everything up. Normally it was a simple task but she was distracted by yesterday’s events. It wasn’t just the chat, the...
"Friskiness at a Manhattan magazine and beyond."
Three young people were working as summer interns at Jamison’s Magazine in New York; it was in an old, rambling building on lower Fifth Avenue. They were all nineteen-year-old students who had finished their freshman year at City College: Darina...
"A brother and sister alone for the evening leads to something more..."
Kate sat on the couch watching tv and scrolling on Instagram on her phone. It was 6 pm on a Friday night and she had nothing to do as normal. The sound of the door opening startled her causing her...
"A waitress gets more than she bargained for on her break."
He always said hello when he came into the coffee shop. His order was always a large double shot latte and a pastry. He was very polite and always smiled with his pleases and thank yous. I noticed he had lovely...
"A solitary sultry hour in the days of steam trains and rural stations is observed by a stranger"
Yes, I remember Honeyfold; the country station where I once sunbathed; the air heavy with the scents of blossom, field and farm, spiced with the lingering tang of the slow steam train I’d just missed. But I was content to...
"Angel Sixteen has a sensual massage with more than expected from a very beautiful masseuse."
I arrived at the massage parlour eager in anticipation. I did not realise it then, but what lay ahead of me was going to be more than I had anticipated.I rang the front doorbell and a very neatly dressed woman...
"Fiona's journey through the Delta quadrant is interrupted by a strange anomaly."
Stardate 85844.9. Somewhere in the Delta quadrant. A wave of nausea swept over Captain F for Fiona Ukkers as she gradually emerged from space hibernation. Trying to prevent vomiting only made the feeling worse and, although a descendant of a long line of...