Fallen fruit – the first

Author’s Note: The purpose of this series is to establish a vehicle through which to explore some far darker themes than I normally do through a series of short individual chapters. Some suspension of disbelief[…]

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Mrs dot

Chapter 1 I guess this is England not empire bay. England, 1964, I was an 18 year old apprentice living at home with my parents, as pretty much all teenagers did back then. Although technically[…]

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Marie's childhood

Marie was 10 when she first met Buddy, a young golden retriever, at the pet store. Even though her mom, Kristen, was reluctant, she allowed Marie to buy her. As soon as the car parked[…]

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Financial need

Nicole Jerome is 18 going to college. This is her first year in college, she had entered a beauty pageant. Hoping to win for the scholarship to help pay for college. She is stressed about[…]

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Two of them

It was a hot night in May when the Johnsons and my parents decided to go out for diner at some fancy hotel. Whenever they did this, they usually stayed the night. So I decided[…]

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Jedadiah jones

I met this cute girl while I was out cruising Saturday night and we sort of clicked so she invited me back to her house. Actually, it looked like a small mansion. Her name was[…]

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Rain

My boss and a few co-workers were going to a sports bar. We had just worked a long day and got out late, my boss offered to buy us a round if we all went.[…]

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