"Aged 18 I visit London and perform a peep show"
When Andy and Nick suggested I join them for a few day’s break, staying at Nick’s cousins in the London suburbs, I never thought any adventures in the capital would result. How wrong I was.We left Edinburgh on the train...
"A secret content creator. A secret pervert."
Even when I was younger, I knew that I was a complete freak. Before I was eighteen, it was in completely innocent ways, like me being unable to talk to teachers without being sassy or something, but I think something...
"I see what she does with a high school boy"
I noticed the bicycle leaning against the fence by the gate when I walked up the driveway. It looked like Jordan’s, the high school senior who cut our grass, and the front lawn was freshly mowed.My car broke down at...
"The intrepid local news reporter gets on the trail of a sticky story"
“Springfield Sentinel,” Holly, the receptionist, said professionally into her headset.“Holly, may I speak to Jane,” Allen said, rather agitatedly. Jane was a 26-year-old recent journalism school graduate working the cops beat at the Sentinel, her hometown paper. More importantly, she...
"A small-town police officer keeps the peace as only she can ..."
BANG BANG BANGBANGBANGBANG.Maria pounded the plexiglass window on the storm door at Lillian’s house. Rosa, the housekeeper, appeared at the door with a concerned look on her face expecting there was a fire emergency or something. It was just Maria,...
"My best friend's teenage daughter wanted to go on a boat ride. Things didn't go as planned but fortunately, she brought along two fleshy floatation devices."
One of my favorite old-time TV shows is Gilligan’s Island. Every Saturday morning, I sit back in my Lay-Z- Boy recliner, sip on my Bailey’s and coffee, and watch the Bouncing Beauties Sitcom Power Hour on my favorite YouTube channel,...
"Eighteen-year-old Lindsay leaves home against the wishes of her family and takes a controversial job."
“What the heck am I doing?” The troubled grimace on Lindsay Anastacio's face belied her youthfulness as she gazed at the eclectic, Spanish-style house. She twisted and plucked at her fingers and did her best to suppress any thought of...
"Surely she knows he can see her?"
I'll never forget the first time I saw her.I was putting Buddy to bed, as per our usual routine. My little brother loved for me to read him stories at bedtime. We were working our way through Alice in Wonderland,...
"Sharing my room with one of my son’s friends"
My son had turned eighteen at the beginning of the week, but had decided to delay any celebration until Friday when we could host a sleepover. The plan was for him to hang out with friends in the afternoon and...