Late for work

Damn it, I'm already late for work and there's a mob waiting for the elevators. We shuffle in, packed in like sardines. I made my way to the back, second in from the wall. Fifteen[…]

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A flight to remember

My Mile High Experience I spent my summer at the University of California in Berkeley, studying Arabic, when I had to return home to Alabama. My several connecting flights made the fare cheaper, but it[…]

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Embarrassed

The hurt always seemed to be just below the surface, ready to be torn open with even the most innocent of comments. She remembers as if it were just yesterday, her high school days, the[…]

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The hideout

The music was deafeningly loud. The beat almost supplanted your own heart beat as you entered the dance club and were assaulted by the primal rhythms that rocked the air. The squeal of guitars and[…]

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"i saw you"

I Saw You By Blueheatt …..These were the last words I ever wanted to hear from my sister Linda. My dad’s girlfriend Stella got careless. Sis saw Stella and I fucking in my pickup in[…]

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My day

My Day The alarm clock clicks on and a slightly manic voice comes out of the speakers, “Good morning, I am the saviour of Radio 1, the one and only Chris Moyes”, “Bugger, that means[…]

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Weekend

Weekend I bounced the tennis ball lightly off the dirty storefront window. Only 7:52, I thought to myself as I caught the ball coming back towards me. Still over an hour before we shut this[…]

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Dog sitting 1

The summer after I turned 17, I was watching our neighbors dog for the week. She was divorced, about 38. SHe had a 14 year old daughter. Mrs. Crown was 5ft 8 with huge breasts[…]

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Anna: part one

Anna's sweet voice was barely audiable. I had just fallen asleep but woke up to see what she wanted. Her eyes, normally large and full of life, were drooping. I asked. Anna was my roommate,[…]

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The nightclub

The nightclub had lively rock music playing from the speakers scattered throughout and a thin haze of cigarette smoke lingered in the air as Matt and Jill entered. Matt scanned the bar area for a[…]

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My sweet cathie

This is a remembrance of an afternoon back in my high school days. Here is a brief history before I get to that afternoon’s story. Being a “boy” who never since as early as I[…]

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