Big Girls
"Mike?" "Who?" Mike said, trying to find the right end of the phone. He sat up in bed and turned the clock so he could read it. It was just...
Bringing Home The Bacon
Jane Marsh selected two packages of bacon and added them to her cart. She pushed around the end of the isle and looked down the bread isle toward the check-out....
Nightly Rounds
Trina shuddered, wrapping her light jacked tightly around her sexy young body. With the click of high heels, she hurried up the front steps of the small private hospital. It...
Night Terror
"Come on, people, stand away from the door please," the tour guide yelled to the happy, milling people. His eye invariably fell to the cleavage of the nearby blonde in...
The Security Guard
Amos slid a CD into his stereo and sat back while the machine ate, digested, and began to play. He tipped his chair back and balanced precariously, occasionally looking at...
Under Cover
Horns honked, lights reflected off chrome and glass as they passed. Far away a siren wailed, announcing to the world that another accident had taken place, perhaps another life ended....
The Firm
Daniel Goddard turned to the last page of the contract and studied it briefly, then turned back to the front page. He noted each yellow sticky pad note and compared...
The Perfect Teacher : Chapter Two
Simon swished to a stop. He looked down the slope at the multi-colored swarms of people rhythmically swishing and swaying, some standing, and a few falling, all the way down...
The Perfect Teacher
Sonny, what can you tell me about electrons?" "Electrons are the molecules which build an atom." "Well, that's a good start. Monday, class, I want you to give me five...
The Taxi
"Where too?" Jason asked, looking in the mirror. A nicely dressed couple now inhabited the back seat of his cab. The man had dark hair, a fair complexion, and the...
The Shoplifter
"You like shoplifting?" Ron asked, pushing the girl into his office. "Let go of me, you fucking asshole," the girl screamed. "You can't prove a thing." "The hell I can't...
The Security Guard
Amos slid a CD into his stereo and sat back while the machine ate, digested, and began to play. He tipped his chair back and balanced precariously, occasionally looking at...
Runaway
Lightning flashed, flickering on the curtains and walls. Dave heaved up out of his chair and looked outside. Storm clouds rolled and swelled above the trees. Dark, forbidding, they filled...
The Roofer
Bart slid the shingle into place and nailed it down with three shots from his nail gun. Wiping his face, he looked around to find that he was out of...
The Pool Man
"...1754 Gleason," the radio dispatcher said. "It's a new account, Phil, a very rich account." "Ok, but I was hoping to knock off for the day. My friends tell me...
The Outhouse
"Derrick took a sip from his beer and handed the bottle to Stephanie. Stephanie finished the bottle off and tossed it into a pile of rocks. It broke explosively. "Shhhh,...
The Office Slut
Milton Scrag glanced around at the sea of curious, indifferent, or hostile faces, while nervously following the busty blonde toward the far side of the room. Cubical after cubical passed,...
Night Vision Goggles
Officer Tim Walanski slowed the car, circling the little dirt turnaround as he held his breath, horrified at the damage the dirt rode could be doing to his new Plymouth...
The Open Arms Motel
Greg laboriously marked through a word on his newspaper, nodding to himself and mumbling, as someone would who was alone and bored. He went to 12 down and tapped it...
Mayday
"Get those hatch covers on!" the First Mate yelled, pushing seamen toward the treacherous deck. "We'll be killed," a young man yelled. "Then be killed, dam you, but save your...