"Baltus breaks in the new servant girl."
While Katrina was occupied with Ichabod, Baltus retired to his study. He rang the servants bell and, moments later Anne, the new scullery maid entered. "You rang, Sir?"Baltus looked up and smiled. His daughter knew just what would please her...
"One good turn does indeed deserve another. But where will it all lead?"
Every evening for the last year, Emily had walked through Emerson’s park at seven thirty on her way home. Every evening she felt cautious and wary of the ever increasing darkness that Autumn brings. It was either that or a...
"Carmen and Ron enjoy a sexual interlude with an English visitor."
Carmen and Ron were both in their late forties and had been married, both for the second time, for three years. Their up and down and tumultuous personal life was partly balanced and counteracted by an avid and lustful sex life,...
"“Your birthday's soon,” Keri smiled. “No sex until then. I have a surprise for you.""
“Your birthday in a few days sweetheart,” Keri smiled. “No sex until then and I might have a surprise for you as well as me. One of my girlfriends runs an agency and has arranged a new man for us...
"I meet two lovely ladies on holiday"
I was just leaving the posh supermarket, having paid over the odds for a whole range of things from milk to organic broccoli. They got away with it because this was an affluent part of the island and also midway...
"Is this the real life?"
I stare at my own reflection, still not convinced that that is really me. It’s not how I would usually picture myself; not how I usually saw myself. My eyes seem duller than usual. The hair on my head not...
"Ichabod takes control over the wily Katrina"
"Katrina, Brom, I'd like you to meet Ichabod Crane," Baltus said. "At your service, my lady," said the tall, almost gaunt looking gentleman, as he took her hand in his and kissed it. The feeling of his lips on her was almost electric.Katrina...
"A tourist and I come to an arrangement about his wife"
It was the kind of Caribbean island where rich Americans came to retire. Don’t ask me where they got their money from; I thought everybody was struggling these days, but apparently not. So, you’d see these old couples around the...
"Casey and Marion have a talk"
I breezed through finals, packed up my things and gave away perishables to those who had to remain on campus during the break. My parents had booked a first class seat for me on an early morning Saturday flight. I...
"The lurid truth behind the famous book"
Most of you, I'm sure are familiar with Washington Irving's classic tale of the Headless Horseman, but are you aware of Mr. Irving's dark side. Like many authors, the public personna is way different from the private. Recently, I had...