2- Unexpected Twists What happened next was a total surprise. If it had been sexy, little Kelly showing up at my door, it wouldn’t have surprised me much, but when it was Sara, also dressed rather provocatively, I was caught off guard, but the real surpri...
Don’t ask me how I got suckered into it - guess I felt sorry, or maybe it was just the desire to help out an old friend… So what had I let myself in for? Well, cleaning out the old barn, that’s what. If I say it was untidy and filthy, you’ll have to under...
The airport terminal was crowded and noisy as Ray stood at the conveyor and waited for his bag to come around, jostling with the others that waited impatiently as the baggage carousel churned slowly. He kept his head down as he tried to avoid the cameras...
Sue and Chris Smith were walking in the village to which they had moved several years ago when Sue noticed a couple on the other side of the road that looked vaguely familiar. "Do they remind you of anyone, her in particular?" Sue said to her husband. "We...
Barbara Morris knew that her job did not make her popular, but if people did not park their vehicles illegally, they would not get parking tickets. At the moment, fifty-eight-year-old Barbara was affixing a ticket to the windscreen of an expensive-looking...
Chapter 1 Not a Day Goes By. The band has been excellent tonight. Jayjay’s pleased with how the new lead guitarist and back-up vocalist are gelling with the group. They’ve got one more set, and he’s chilling in the corner booth in the front bar of our l...
Robert Sherman had been undecided about attending the school reunion which was for former pupils that had left the school between forty-five and thirty-five years previously.He had left forty years previously and he had left under a bit of a cloud and wit...
I had just gotten off work one Friday back in June and I was looking forward to the weekend. I had just bought a new propane grill and was anxious to fire it up for the first time. I went to my usual grocery store to buy the things I needed for tomorrow's...
I knew where the night was headed When I first saw you across the crowded bar There was no doubt When the bartender sat the shot glass down And you made your way toward the barstool next to me I knew I was a goner When I looked up at you A soldier th...
When David called Diane the following afternoon, she was anxious to hear from him. “Are you still with other people?” she asked. “Yes, baby, I am. I just excused myself, saying I had to make a quick call to my office.” Diane was disappointed. She had hope...
As we toasted marshmallows to make s’mores, it was only natural that we told each other ghost stories—some from when we were kids, some we had heard over the years. The random unexpected events in those spooky tales were not unlike what had led us to that...
Susan was surprised to see Glenn enter the Eversham train station. She had expected to meet his younger sister Rebecca, who had been her best friend since childhood. In fact, last Susan heard, Glenn was still living in Vancouver where he worked for an acc...
Stephanie was done crying. As a matter of fact, she’d progressed well into the pissed-off, what was I thinking stage. There was little better example of that than hanging out with one of her best friends, whom she hadn’t spent any significant time with...
I was sat with Steffi, wife of an old friend, who was currently, like me, watching her husband on the dance floor with Jan, my wife. Now that it was towards the end of the evening it was a slower dance. Jan and Mike were dancing closely. Um, no. Jan and M...
She walked into the restaurant, almost floating, full of self-confidence and with an ease that only added to her stunning appearance. Dressed down in tight fitting jeans and a white T-shirt, with slashes across the shoulders and across the chest – that ju...
