“Well Tom, this is it. The final stop for your bachelor party.” The two best friends had stopped in front of an old Route-Master bus. The sign over the entrance read: Where Time Stands Still “Mike, this is a great joke, a greasy spoon for my what, my...
The new diner was an old Rout-Master, its sign: Savor the Meal: Where Time Holds Still “Mike, I haven’t seen this dinner before. Catchy name, what do ya think,” said Jamie. “It’s got to be dedicated to that TV show. The windows look like call boxes. Let’s...
Zelina woke with a jolt as the coach’s wagon dropped down into a rut in the dry dusty road, causing her body to bump into the passenger seated next to her. Sitting up quickly, her eyes flew open, her hands coming up to rub the sleep from them as she tried...
Groan! "Oh, yeah, baby. Suck my snorg. Take it deep into your mouth hole!"Those were the sounds I heard coming from the other side of the wall.'Gross,' I thought quietly to myself. You'd think by now they would have figured out how to make soundproof wall...
The trapdoor creaked open with the heavy resistance you would expect of a door long hidden. Jenna peered down into the dark room below. The smell of dust and stale air rose up to meet her, laced with something a little sweeter. The inky blackness of the r...
My name is Sarah Pendleton, senior science advisor and consultant for TrueTime. I'm special, but everyone over the age of forty thinks they're special, right! I've worked with time for so long now that I'm starting to believe that it's an integral part of...
A church bell tolls twelve strokes as he automatically spreads his legs wide apart to keep his balance. There is a moment of vertigo and confusion before he reorients himself taking care to not attempt to control this body. Then his new mind becomes melde...
John Roberts was a pretty ordinary guy. In fact, you’d be hard pressed to find a more average, run-of-the-mill, blending-into-the-crowd kind of guy. A small-time accountant with a small-time bookkeeping firm, he was invisible even to the invisible.This or...
I don't need reminding I'm different from the other kids, but they do it anyway, eroding my self-confidence like waves pounding the headland. Sure I wear black jeans, trench coat and eyeliner. Docs, not Converse. Trivium on my playlist over Bieber or Swif...
“I told you, Ed, we shouldn't have gone out tonight. Do you see how bad the roads are? They're only going to get worse driving home.” “Everything is going to be fine, Rosemary. You just worry too much. It's the first time we've gotten everyone together si...
“You can't save her Paul. You need to understand this. No matter how much you want it to happen, no matter how hard you try to make it happen, you can't stop it. Clara can't be brought back. This is not what I'm offering you. I'm sorry.” Paul sat on the s...
“You know I hate that shit, Jordan. Yeah, I know, so was the last one you set me up with, and we both know how well that turned out. I swear to god, if this guy turns out to be another loser, I’m going full on carpet muncher. No, I’m not kidding. Hey, I a...
Oats and Barley “I wanna go back seven years, David - when I was a cop in Los Angeles.” “ It’ll cost Harry, seven thousand bucks is the price for this new technology, invented by me and I hold the patent. It has been a long hard drag getting the coordinat...
Linice’s boss wants more from her than her nine to five work output. Help comes from the past; the far, distant past. If you can hold on, the sexy part is not far ahead. Part I. His Little Brown Box Jed Maroni at 20 years old wasn’t like the other young m...
I’m sure you’ve heard a bunch of age old questions, such as: Why did the chicken cross the road? If a tree falls in a forest and no one is there, does it make a sound? Which came first the chicken or the egg? I have a question in my life much more bizarre...
