"a mishap reconnects them and it seems too good an opportunity to turn down"
'Smuts!'As Joe looked at the message on his phone, he smiled with a surge of nostalgia that he knew only Katie would understand. Almost two years had passed since Joe and Katie had shared their harmless mischief online, but seeing...
"Sally's Christmas looks doomed, due to mix up when ordering"
Sally was heartbroken, and she suddenly hated the job she had as a mystery shopper.Sally had been asked to write a review of the phone-based ordering system and had used the opportunity to enjoy getting something that would add to...
"Family camping trip with friends gets very intimate, especially when a mix-up happens in the tents."
Win and Joan decided to take the family, their two teen kids Joe and Karen, camping for the weekend. The kids were not too interested, at first. That was until Joan suggested to Win that they let each sibling bring...
"His virtual reality system takes him on an unexpected trip..."
Like so many people in this year of 2023, we had all hoped the worst was behind us. The vaccine programs were only partially effective and the virus kept mutating putting more and more people at risk. The changes in...
"When Debbie set out to fix her failing grade, things got out of hand rather quickly."
I awoke with a groan, the bright sunlight hitting my face like a sledgehammer and making me squint. My mouth was parched and my whole body felt sore. The soft beating in my skull didn’t make getting my bearings any...
"If one feels too at home in a hotel room, unexpected and exciting things may happen."
No matter where I tended to end up for the night, these little rituals kept me grounded, gave me a little bit of homely quality to counteract the tedious sterility of hotel rooms. I set my diary onto the nightstand,...
"They say everybody has a doppleganger, a person who looks just like them. I suppose I know that now."
“I’m out right now, getting my hair done,” She said over the phone. “Alright, are we still going to the club tonight?” I asked in response. “Of course, but this might take a bit longer, so I’ll just meet you...
"A freshman at her first day in college gets more than she bargained for."
Shawna yawned, both bored and sleepy, for her first day of college at Michigan State. She was still too used to sleeping in and not worrying about going to school at seven in the morning, but now, she had to...