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 …
09/11/2024
“Let me go with you,” she wheedled. “I’ll paddle, and you can troll.” He sighed. “You know I prefer to fish alone.” She knew. She knew how he would go out for hours, leaving her with the children, whole weekends where she would see him for minutes a day. Weekends where, during the winter, he’d […]
09/11/2024
Jacquie was, as usual reading as she rode the crowded subway. Holding onto the support that dangled from the roof of the car with her left hand, and with her book in her right hand Jacquie was concentrating on not noticing the crowed of humanity around her. When the hand touched her, she didn’t give […]
09/11/2024
It was a typical Tuesday evening shift for Alexa at the convenience store where she worked, but it wasn’t just any Tuesday night; for weeks she’d been looking forward to going out with several of her girlfriends on this, the last New Year’s Eve of her college years. Having just turned 21 a month ago, […]
09/11/2024
The conference has been going for almost a week and living in a hotel has had its ups and downs. Like it is a pleasure to watch the variety of people floating in and out of this place. Mostly businessmen on their way to and from meetings, occasionally the business woman focused on getting her […]