"A man on a mission finds a jail cell can hold more than just a prisoner."
My liberal leanings had brought me to this place: one of the worst run prisons in my state. It was a minimum security prison. The smallest of the half- dozen state prisons, it was in a remote corner of...
"I get a night to try something new"
I came in and sat down at the end of the bar near the back way out to the parking lot. I wanted to be able to run if anything went wrong, or if I chickened out. I ordered a...
"For you my love (with your nosey ass)."
I never told you I was beautiful; I said no such thing. I simply smiled one day, Said hello. At that moment, The wind caught in my hair, Whipped ‘round me ‘till I landed in the right spot. Its power...
"The first part of the true story of us."
When my employer invited me to relocate to Thailand, I wasted no chance in accepting and weeks later emerged from the familiarity of a British Airways airplane to the unfamiliar humidity of an Asian morning. Confusion swirled around me in...
"A home for an old key."
Discarded, thought lostOne time it meant morePresently old and worn Cast aside in a drawerForgotten through yearsIts value diminishedTarnish eclipsingA once lustrous finishStem and shoulder chipped Bow battered and wornThe latch set corrodedLong since forlornUnexpectedly foundWarmth comfort and trustHeld now...
"A businessman admires a nerdy woman from afar, but little does he know ..."
I have always been attracted to what could be described as ‘mousy’ looking girls. You know, those women who hardly ever get a second glance from most guys. I guess you could call them nerds. There are several reasons I...
"One day a brief encounter at a bus stop awakens something dormant inside Mara, a deep need."
The last bus left just as I turned the corner of the street. I run after it, my heels clattering on the pavement, making me think briefly about the clattering of hooves on the cobbled streets of times long gone....
"Can a plumber fix all of Dave's problems?"
It was just my luck … Two years ago, my wife left me for another guy. A year later, I lost my high-paying job in a ‘corporate restructuring’. Now, just three weeks after moving into a new house, the heating...
"After saying goodbye to Maureen, Michael calls Jeanne"
Danny and I followed Scotty up to the Gallery Bar and through the door into the hallway that led down to the lobby. As we were descending the stairs Scotty said to Danny, “Ginger and I are part of an...
"A moment that could have changed everything"
Warm air blew through the UndergroundIt was frightening but somehow soothingKnowing that death was only a gap awayAt the time, I had to keep movingRiding the escalator from the depths of the earthWalking through tunnels in vainLondon was an unfamiliar...