09/24/2024
It was working out quite well. I had hired Niki for one of my staff positions a couple months before. She was a little light on experience but made up for that with maturity and attitude. Since I couldn’t get my boss to pay market wages, I was quite happy to have Niki.Niki was divorced and trying to build …
09/24/2024
It had been a long day of teaching and he was tired and ready for a beer when he arrived at his house. There was a strange car parked in front of it as he arrived. As he parked he saw that it was one of his students, a young woman who had been struggling in his accounting class. He …
09/24/2024
The snow was falling gently without a whisper of wind to affect the lazy path of the snowflakes as they tumbled in the cool crisp winter night. Below, the town was spread across the winter landscape everything in view softened by the continuing snowfall. A quarter moon barely lit the scene with a pale silver light.With a swoosh, the …
09/24/2024
It was one of those cold December nights that made me wonder why I stuck around at this job. I worked for the campuse police department at a pretty large midwestern university. As part of my job I had to stand on top of one of the dorm buildings and keep an eye on the parking lots surrounding it. Lots …
09/24/2024
It was at sunset when she meant the most to him.They sat, always the same, on the porch outside her room. He brushed her hair and pinned it back, careful to keep the curls lying flat against the nape of her neck. She had always kept it like this when she had been able to care for it herself. …
09/24/2024
“Hey there,” the pizza girl said, “David?”The question mark is part of the flirtatious game we play, this lovely pizza girl and I. For about six months, at least once a week, I drop by to pick up a pizza for the family. Usually she gives me a big pepperoni pizza, although every so often, I manage to sneak …
09/24/2024
1. Air Conditioner“Unh.”“Unh.”“Hunh…unh!”Again.One more time.Again.One more time.Again.“Yeah…yeah, you like that.”“Unh.”Again.“Unh.”One more time.“Unh.”She takes another swing.“Unh.”It’s not really that I like“Unh.”being fucked up the ass.Not really.“Unh.”Again.“Unh.”One more time.“Unh.”It’s just that that’s all we do.“Yeah, …
09/24/2024
Still Mazatlan, Sinaloa Her eyes flashed open. It was light. For more than a few seconds she was disorientated. Then it washed over her like a wave. She shivered. Could feel his warmth. When she couldn’t find him with her feet, she turned to look for him. The sleeping bag was empty. A shock of fear spread through her like…
09/24/2024
Generally speaking, Danny was a dumbshit. I guess it wasn’t really his fault, but damn, he sure could be dense. I guess it was mostly a function of his age and lack of worldly experience, after all, he was only seventeen, and had lived his entire life thusfar in a small, backwards, redneck town. Sometimes the shit he pulled was …
09/24/2024
My wife was out of town for the week, which left me without much to do besides watching TV or catching the basketball games on the radio. So when rush hour hit, I headed to a nearby bar and sat at the rail to check out the traffic, ordering a gin and tonic to pass the time. It was an …