It wasn't planned. Maybe that's what made it so delicious, so unforgettable. I could have been in the VIP room, getting coked up like the rest of us, or watching you from the loggias like I usually did. I could have joined you behind the decks as I've done on rare occasions; it would be a lie to say I didn't enjoy all the guessing and envious, 'who the fuck is that chick' stares. Of course, we had to be careful with that....
I wasn’t very impressed with Jess the first time I met her, or at least I didn’t want to be. I was still pissed off about what happened between Paul and me a couple of weeks ago, and I wasn’t in any mood to play nice with some new girl moving in. She had brown hair and dressed like she always did: tee shirt, sports bra, athletic shorts, tube socks, sometimes with shin guards when she was getting serious, and of course, so...
Office parties are usually dull. Until the office slut misbehaves. Chrissy did not disappoint. The 5’2” blonde floozy flirted with every guy during the four-hour party. Her red mini dress, with a deep revealing neckline, helped her stand out in more ways than one. When she came over to Walter to have some fun, he smiled at Chrissy and then politely pushed her over to the next guy. Inga, a relatively new employee, quietly...
As he stepped outside his apartment building, Brian took a deep breath and steeled himself for what lay ahead. The bright lights of the city seemed to mock him, reminding him of all the people who were out there having fun while he was stuck in his own little world. But he knew that he couldn't let these thoughts get to him. With each step he took towards the cinema, Brian felt a sense of determination building up inside...
The air in the dimly lit living room was stagnant, heavy with the scent of betrayal. A thin blanket, a makeshift barrier against the chill that had nothing to do with temperature, lay draped over Jim as he lay on the couch, a piece of furniture that had become his reluctant bed since the discovery that upended his life. The shadows from the streetlight outside crept through the blinds, casting bars across his form, echoin...
Ask me home, I want to say. Ask me home, my hormones roar inaudibly. I’ll suck your cock, my mind’s eye attempts to convey telepathically. “I’m not actually doing anything tomorrow,” is what my mouth says. So you can fuck me all night and all morning, is the unspoken end of that train of thought. “Look, I just got out of something with someone…” So? “I’m not looking to date right now.” I don’t want to date; I want to be f...
Donald’s legs burned as he did his last set of squats for the morning. “Great job Coach, you have really been getting after this spring!” said one of his senior basketball players. Donald smiled and said, “Just trying to get back into shape.” Morning weights with the team used to be something Donald had given to an assistant coach, but for the past six weeks, he had been working out with the students every day. It was beg...
CHAPTER 1 As the first rays of the morning sun filtered through the curtains, casting a soft, golden hue over the room, James, a nineteen-year-old, found himself stirring from a deep slumber. The room was filled with a gentle, warm glow that signaled the arrival of a new day and the beginning of his long-awaited holiday break. His room was a sanctuary of comfort, adorned with posters of his favorite bands and movie heroes...
It was the weekend after Halloween, and as I was taking down all of my decorations, she stopped to talk. Caroline looked to be in her early thirties and was quite cute. She reminded me of an incident on Halloween night that refreshed my memory of her, her friend Angela, and their two little boys. I'd done something completely different with my setup this year, which allowed trick-or-treaters to walk through my yard to get...
“Lindsay,” Donald said her name softly. “We need to talk. Please, let me explain.” Blonde hair swayed against her shoulders as she shook her head no. “I don’t want to talk.” “I was scared, I was petrified. I didn’t know what to think, what to do. The left side of my car was folded up like an accordion and I couldn’t put any weight on my leg. It was Thanksgiving Day and my dad had to drive four hundred miles one way to com...
“I thought we were gonna keep this relationship a secret between us. No one else was supposed to know.” Donald Stanlick inclined his head and rubbed at the uneven scruff on his neck as he slogged outside, behind The Fireside Country Store, and gazed at Lucy. “I see you’ve told your friends. That’s okay, little girl. I don’t mind.” Donald set the stainless-steel bowl down and filled it to the rim. When he stood and winced,...
Ten months earlier (FLASHBACK) Colt McCarron pulled up behind his home in Fairfax, Maryland, and cut the engine to his Hyundai Elantra. With the Coronavirus pandemic in full swing, he didn’t keep set hours as an Uber driver. He worked until his lower back was so sore that it told him it was time to stop, or until he ran out of patience for driving all over creation to pick up random passengers and get them to wherever it...
I never expected to be a barfly, but it turned out to be a pretty good life choice. Six-year-old Sarah expected to be a Disney princess. Hell, I looked like one; Snow White, to be specific: black hair, pale complexion, rosy cheeks, ruby lips. My eyes are green, but outside of that? We could have been twins. Unfortunately, my prince turned out to be moonlighting in a whole library of other women's stories. So there I was,...
It was a letter that upended my world. Not one of the “Dear John” variety; that would have been less painful. Nor was it a “We Regret To Inform,” but the sense of loss, while not as acute, was even more all-encompassing. No, it wasn’t a letter of the paper-and-ink kind at all. Instead, it was one of the many small sigils that make up those and many other missives, the second of the twenty-six characters that comprise the...
A few weeks have passed since Nathan saw Arnie leaving Vince's trailer that evening. Since then, Nathan and his older brother Noah have been to Vince's home a handful of times, but Nathan hasn't brought Arnie up. Not that Vince expects him to. But Nathan must at least suspect that something sexual had happened between the older man and Arnie -- not that Vince cares if the boy suspects anything, but he gets excited imagini...
