Grey monday

A grey Monday morning. I'm sat – no, I'm slumped – behind the desk in my office. I look wearily at the clock. Only 10 o'clock – far too early to slip out for a[…]

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My first love

My First Love Part 1 I was starting my first semester of college in 1985 and was frightened and lonely. All my friends had gone to other schools or started working and they all were[…]

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A new job

Lisa was just hired at the law firm, Burns and O’Neil, as an assistant to Mr. Burns. It was her first week on the job and she was very, very nervous. Mr. Burns was an[…]

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New life part 3

I awoke the next morning to a bird chirping in the palm tree outside my window. Glancing at the clock radio adjacent to my bed, I realized that it wasn’t even 8AM yet. I usually[…]

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Puff the magic dragon

Fbailey story number 364 Puff The Magic Dragon When I was fifteen, Mom and I moved into an apartment closer to where she worked. Mom was only thirty-two because she had gotten pregnant at sixteen[…]

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