"A continuation of the journey described in part 6"
The next day I went to work as usual, but skipped my noon time ‘date’ with Brad. When I got home, I called Candy and confirmed the party invitation. Then I called Trixie and asked if she could use me...
"I didn't know I was one drunken night away from being a whore"
I knew I shouldn’t have been driving. I had one too many, but I had to get home and I didn’t have a designated driver. It was already 3am and I had class in the morning. At twenty-six years old,...
"Faced with financial ruin, he put her and her idea to good use!"
We were in pretty serious financial condition. Wintertime in the U.P of Michigan isn't really our construction season. And because the economy was in the toilet, my construction company had a lot of trouble finding any jobs that paid much...
"Susan has it all: good looks, excellent connections and a life spent amongst the rich and famous."
It was with nothing but disgust that Susan regarded the musicians whose subtle and accomplished performance was so enrapturing most of the other guests. Susan was conscious that she was a fraud in so many ways and her presence at...
"The past is always with us."
memories like swarming batsfill her head as on herknees she performs the ritual.it’s cold in the alleywaybut she’s used tothat.she sighs,like a nun waiting fordeath,as he unzips hisrelic and holds herface,expressionless ascandle-wax.as he fills hermouthwith warm fleshthe memories return; the...
"He loves her to the point of pain, but he is just no darn good in the sack."
The main outcome, the way I saw things with Ruby, was that my confidence in my bedroom skills, meager as they still were, was growing. It was eleven o'clock before I'd gotten back from Ruby's apartment. Breakfast had been good,...
"He had a lot of qualities, she said, but one of them was not the biggee."
"I've got a date," she said. "A date? Where are we going?" I said. "Not we honey, just me. Don't wait up," she said. "Huh? What? What are you talking about?" I said. She put on her most exasperated look,...
"Helena finishes telling James her life story, and give him a pleasant surprise in the morning"
Helena took a sip of cognac and continued where she had left off. “I could spend hours telling you about my ‘training’ and all sorts of stories about my work for Agence Internationale. However, we can save that for other...
"Nine Inches Dot Cum"
The campus newspaper headline said it all: “RIOT IN THE DORM!” This had started a couple of days ago. Several of us discovered that our class schedules gave us an hour off at mid-day, all near Freud Hall. (The psych...
"Delia makes Leila come up with the rent by any means necessary"
When Leila didn’t make it home, Delia and Nathan both thought the worst. Their concerns were completely confirmed when she did show up late the next day. Leila was evasive and it soon came out that she was flat broke....