“They have five couples signed up for the Hawaii holiday, I really wish we could afford to go with them,” said Niomi. Jack, her husband replied, “The others got in to this complex long before we did and they have much smaller mortgages.” “I’m thinking of an exclusive fundraiser, just the other couples.” Niomi and … Read more

This story is based on a really early experience I had. It starts slowly, but that is the point – the time taken meant everything in terms of how I would come to define attractiveness in a man. Please stick with it and don’t forget to vote and comment. I suppose I never really thought … Read more

Jake Peterson hung up the phone with a grin on his face. Laura Higgins! He never thought things would have gotten this far. Now he had a date with her this Saturday, just two days away! He went to the refrigerator to grab a “celebratory” beer and flicked on the television. “Laura Higgens,” he thought … Read more

Winter came early and hard. After the first snow it only got worse. I’m a forty year old widow living on a fixed income in an old house that needs a lot of work. I thought we could get through the end of the year when I would get a small endowment from my husband’s … Read more

Dan was a well-adjusted 18 yr. old. He is into video games and sports. He especially likes football and wrestling. He is very good at both. He hasn’t decided if he is going to college or not. He is still a virgin in spite of all the offers he gets. He dated a few girls, … Read more

Mary was getting tired and slightly frustrated. It was a stifling hot day, and she was going door to door selling raffle tickets for the school in Africa her church was sponsoring. She understood that the economy had slowed down, but to her, even in tough times, by giving of yourself to others you prospered. … Read more

Growing up in our house, I got used to seeing pentagrams and various strange designs and symbols. Every bed had it’s own “dreamcatcher” made of specially chosen colored yarns and organic herbs hanging from the ceiling. There were always fragrant spices and gnarled roots in the garden that were brewed or boiled to produce homemade … Read more

Why do I want to attend Columbia? I have a pretty good imagination, but it fails me when I try to tell a lie. On the other hand, as you may have heard, we Chinese are big on filial piety. My parents are great people, don’t get me wrong, but they’re real snobs when it … Read more

They both stopped five feet in of me as I sat on the couch at seven at night. “Mom, Monica and I are just gonna hang out in my room.” I looked at them as they held hands and stayed close. “Okay, Lexi,” I replied, just before they both bolted. I paused the show and … Read more

It was about 10 o’clock that Dylan started feeling he’d bitten off more than he could chew with this whole waiting in line overnight thing. He’d never done it before, and as he had rocked up outside the Apple Store just after dinner that evening, around 6pm, he’d seen all the hardcore techy geeks already … Read more