Desk Top Fun

"A saleswoman's appointment leads to extra activity"

No, it was not that kind of “desktop.” I'm not even sure “laptops,” as opposed to ”desktops,” had been invented yet at the time. In 1985, personal computers were still pretty clunky things that took up a lot of space,...

Pressure Relief

"The story of how Juan first met George."

Juan had been hired to be a personal assistant for George. It was in the middle of negotiations of the contract and the older man had not been sleeping well. He was in a state of constant exhaustion and the...

The Cover of Darkness

"The retired cop was a strange one with his handcuffs in the closet and his unsmiling face."

Mary Connor hated her nickname of “Midnight Mary” because it insinuated she was the sort of girl that liked to get down and dirty with those things that went bump in the night and which invariably caused innocent-looking girls to...