"A prayer of gratitude for flamehaired women everywhere."
It's stupid o'clock in the morning and I'm sitting at the departures gate waiting for my flight to be called. I'm going to Frankfurt to look after some corporate VIP like the good techie I am. I'm so tired I...
"Nancy tells how she ended up in the business."
The weeks after I met Nancy, I was in a strange mood. I really wanted to call to make a new appointment to see her. However, it was not very cheap, and as my job did not pay that well I...
"Has he fucked you yet?"I laughed. "No, he hasn't.""Really? Well, I would have!""Would have what?""Fucked you." I gave her a puzzled look."What!" she said, giggling. "You go with girls, don't you?""Yes, but you're his sister and besides, Marco and I have...
"Peter had to find a way to get his secretary to complete her work..."
Peter Campbell was more than a little annoyed. "Miss Moore! Miss Moore! Damn, where is that girl now!" he said, as he looked all over the office for his secretary. "I swear that woman cannot sit still long enough to...
"Sophie explores a new career... and reveals a big secret."
Sophie was depressed. Her first semester was only just beginning, but she had pretty much decided that college wasn’t all it was cracked up to be. She had entered university life full of expectations about an exciting new life, one...
"Are you still waiting for love to arrive? I have news: Love doesn't arrive, you have to go get it"
Part 1: Summer Nights 1 (Japan) I never was a brave person. It’s not my fault, it’s my mind’s; the bastard enjoys sailing through every impossibility, repeating what I can’t do, what would happen if I fail and, above all, reminding...
"It looked strange at first, but I was going to love it!"
I had just sold the company which I created. I had spent 10 years creating the company, Echo Heart Technologies. The specific instrument I created, to not get into technical terms, was like a camera for the heart. Yes, it could be used...
"Matthew wants to go to a house party with his highschool exams only a week's away."
A sigh escapes her as she finally decides to go up the stairs and knock at his door."... Matthew...?" she sighs again. "Matt, I'm sorry for earlier. I hope you know how important these exams are."She presses her hand at...
"I imagine how life would have been if I'd met one of my newer friends earlier."
“Was that vanilla or white chocolate?”“Hmm?” I snapped out of my daze. “Oh, yeah. White chocolate. Sorry, Enrique, I’ve got a lot on my mind.”“It’s okay, Rissa,” he gave me his usual charming smile. “A large white chocolate Grinder, okay....
"A soldier visits the place of his greatest conquest."
Two and a half years later, a soldier drove down the empty dirt road alongside the river in an old, familiar pickup truck. It had been cold for days, and the wind had just started whipping around earlier that morning....
