Being Jim Ch. 06: Lessons of Life Pt. 03
I would like to apologize in advance to my readers. In the retelling of this story it sort of took on a life of its own. Normally my tales are fairly brief and concise, this one however seemed only to…
Berlin Turing Test: 1 Man, 3 Women
It was a late Indian-summer week in Berlin. My colleague Philip met me at Tegel airport mid-afternoon. This visit was planned as mostly vacation, just a touch of work to make it properly chargeable to our grant. I would be…
Beer Thirty
I was taking a class at our local University. The first day of class I sat next to this guy that had a really great smile. He looked really familiar to me, but I couldn't place where I knew him.…
Becca Takes A Large Deposit Ch.12
As Victoria heard the high-heeled clip of shoes down the vault steps, she steeled herself for what she knew must come. She tried desperately to close her legs so at the very least she could maintain some modicum of dignity,…
Beachside Rendezvous
Just outside the bathroom door, he could hear the shower running. Donnie knew he felt young again. Maybe he wasn't eighteen or twenty again as when he and Mary Ann had first met, but he sure enough felt younger than…
Be Careful What You Ask For
Not in my wildest dreams could I have hatched the scheme on my own. Not without Zelda. She was my brother's girlfriend, you see. She turned me onto it. But not directly, more in a motivational sense. I went to…
Bath Time
Early autumn and the first of the cool air made its presence felt in the neat two storey house on the quiet suburban street.Kate had just returned home from dropping the kids off at her parents for the weekend in…
Barbarian in Paradise
Any suspicions I had about my favorite bartender, Babs, wanting me to get laid were confirmed after this trip. I had just checked into my favorite hotel and as if part of a script, showered and hit the bar. Babs…
Balance
The wedding was, as countless guests had commented, "simply lovely." My sister had wed her boyfriend of five years at a mountain resort in Montana in the late afternoon sun, and I have to admit, it was beautiful. I dislike…
Backstage Bliss
You come to the theatre I've been working at to meet me after rehearsal. I've been directing. I'm in the dressing room inventorying costumes before I meet with the designers about what else we need. You walk in all brisk…