The King of Spin Has His Head Turned

"Some webs no matter how devious in design have happy endings."

SCENE 1: Gordon Set Direction: Dimly lit living room in the Hollywood Hills; panoramic glass windows overlook the distant flickering lights of LA. A man seated on an expensive sofa holds his head in his hands. Gordon held his head...

Probation Frustration

"I met her while I was in a rehab program."

I was twenty seven and had been in a rehabilitation program for two years. It was an experimental program, and we had people in the field visit us to see what we were doing and how we did it. We...

School’s Out for Summer

"I met this older school teacher at a restaurant I worked at."

I was thirty-one and had recently relocated to Alaska. My first job was working at a small restaurant whose client base was construction workers who were building in the area. The restaurant was family owned. The woman owner was a large...

Strangest Encounter

"I read her ad in the paper's personals column."

I was thirty nine and was and still living in Alaska. I was working for an advertising firm. One Sunday I was reading the ads and this one caught my eye."I'm a seventy-three year old professional woman. Reddish hair, green eyes with...

Senior Nurse

"Saw an ad in the Personals"

At the age of thirty-five I had been seeing a much older woman weekly. Now that was over, I had a second encounter with an even older woman. That was over the same night it happened. I was yearning for...

Old Alaskan Widow

"At 33 years of age I met a 62 year old widow."

I was 33 years old at the time. I had a friend who had a service for dating. One night she called and needed a favor. She only had women in her stable and had been contacted by a 62...

The Driving Test

"Alex Robinson finds out his instructor wants to do alot more than just test his driving skills."

“So, Mr Robinson, when you’re ready? I want you to continue down the road, and turn left at the junction.”  The instructor sat there waiting for me to get the car moving, waiting for me to make another mistake. The...