Patti was uncertain. While it was true Jolene had been a coward in life, all of Patti’s research showed that the life after always seemed to make people stronger, more cocky. It was a big self-esteem boost, with a healthy dose of added evil. Sure, they could act scared, especially in the face of […]

Dotty then asked me, “So what do you think?” “About what?” I asked stupidly. “About going into business with us?” Herriot said. “Boys a bit slow?” Genevieve kidded me and gave me a wink to show that she was joking. And then the thought of how I would explain all this to my parents, hit […]

Doctor Stenenbaulm again dropped her face into her hands, but this time, she was laughing so hard that her entire body was shaking. All through dinner, no mention had been made as to why I had been asked to join them, and I gotta say, that I was practically dying to find out. By the […]

Harriot, I mean Mrs. Johanna raised her eyebrows at me, “You mean you didn’t notice?” “Well, I didn’t really get to spend much time getting to know him really.” I said in my own defense. A waiter came to our table; at least I assumed he was the waiter, because all the guys in that […]

As Doctor Stenenbaulm moved back to her seat, Mrs. Orric directed me to a fairly attractive older woman with heavily tanned skin, which said to me, that she had recently returned from somewhere tropical. She also had shoulder, length salt-and-pepper hair, and seemed extremely dignified, even more so than the company of women she kept. […]

Dad stopped me as I was going out the door and handed me a wad of cash. “Just in case you need it.” He said, stuffing it into my sweaty hands. It was kind of overcast as I stepped out of our house and walked down to the black car. I don’t think it was […]

Two weeks later, I had just walked in the door from school when mom told me that I had received a phone call and that she had wrote the number down next to the phone. I didn’t recognize the number at all, so when I called it back and got some official sounding office, I […]

About forty-five minutes into the movie, Joji leaned over and whispered something into Mike’s ear. For a second or two, Mike just looked at Joji quizzically and then the two of them popped up like a pair of Mexican jumping beans and motioned for me to come with them. My heart was racing and my […]

Marks eyes widened as panic struck him. He looked around us to be sure no one heard me, and then he balled up his fist and said, “I owe you one!” “My friend, you will owe me for the rest of your life!” I said, meaning something totally different than what he had meant. Mark […]

Forty-First Encounter ~ Damien and I found the others across the way, looking at the beaver again. “You guy’s ready to go see a movie?” I asked them. Mike jumped about two feet when I had spoken. All of us laughed. “Did I scare you?” I teased and poked him. “No!” he laughed too. We […]