Fiction - Page 98
" 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 I have tape and I ha...
Greg laboriously marked through a word on his newspaper, nodding to himself and mumbling, as someone would who was alone and bored often did. He went to 12 down and tapped it emphatically. " The _______ of Panama, " he read to himsel...
Wendy tried finding something on TV that was interesting. She found nothing. Pressing the remote, she tossed it on the nightstand and sat up, reaching for Darrel' s coveted black suitcase. She pulled it onto the bed with a grunt of effort, the...
Wind ruffled the waters of the outdoor swimming pool. The background roar of traffic was ignored by most residents, they didn' t hear it any more. Sea gulls glided along over the yellow sandy beaches, turning and heading inland in search of ga...
" 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 scant bathing suit. It was a unique costume for gliding, very ori...
Nancy Matten came awake as the red light above her door began flashing in time with a subtle beeping sound issuing from her ceiling. She sat up and yawned, stretching magnificently, before rushing over to the sink. She placed her mouth on the mout...
" There, Grandma, how' s that? " Pete asked, fluffing the pillows behind Mrs. Willow' s back. " I' m not your grandmother, Peter, I am a healthy, desirable woman. At least I was a few years ago. " " Hell...
" 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, quiet, " Derrick demanded. " Who cares, it was...
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. People walked the dirty streets kicking cans and bottle out of...
Roberto Sanchez craned his neck as he passed a quaint old motel. It had once been fabulous in days long past. Roberto pinched his lips as he tried to decide. He took special notice of a group of young women talking on the corner. Three of the five...
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 the bank of video screens before him. Amos felt lucky, he had been hired as...
Heather hurried to catch the elevator. A group of people came pouring out, leaving the doors open, the elevator empty. She shoved her foot against the door just as it began to close. She spun gracefully inside, avoiding the doors with her arm full...
Audrey watched the flags flutter in the wind along the plush Coral Bay neighborhood. Sea gulls floated on the stiff breeze, somehow managing to sit stationary in the wind, while looking over Audrey, resting on a rock below. " I won'...
I dropped two slices of bread into the toaster and pushed it down. Wiping my hand on my pants, I turned the bacon at the stove, then made a picture of Tang. I set it in the refrigerator and happened to look out the kitchen window. I saw a beautifu...
Alicia strolled along the tree-covered avenue enjoying the afternoon heat and sunshine. North Carolina was wonderful in the summer, hot, but not too hot. She was still amazed at all the greenery. There hadn' t been much of that in New York Cit...
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 slope to the lodge, miles away. For all the fun and excitement, and a...
Dr. John S. Battle stared at the screen, unblinking for a moment, then took a deep shuddering breath. " Any chance that your calculations could be wrong? " he asked as the faces around the room focused on him. Nobody wanted to look a...
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. The line was a mile long. With a little angry swish of her skirt, she added bread to h...
Rain was whipped from the sky by high winds, slamming into the Earth as if trying to beat it into submission. In the dim hours of evening, Mat Parks pushed his 18 wheeler into the stormy night, only a little concerned about the weather. Mat liked...
My name is Christie, and I recently became a lesbian' s lover. I didn' t plan it, it just happened. Well, Heather made it happen. It happened while I was in a girl' s school for five short, heavenly months, but we' ve stayed in tou...