September 2011
13 posts
Lonely Jamie - rated R'ish
Jamie Foxx sat at the bar, drowning his sorrows in a Manhattan. The snow was falling outside in soft sheets. His tears slid down his perfect, dark skin, and his muscles—newly large from an upcoming role in a boxing movie—bulged through his shirt. He was depressed. The holidays, even when you’re a big celebrity, are very empty when you’re alone, he mused to himself and threw...
On the Run
Driving down the never-ending highway through the Arizona desert towards the setting sun, I saw the flashing lights in my rear view mirror. Crap. I had just killed my wife. Her body was in the trunk. If the cops found her, I would be back in jail. I couldn’t go back there. Not after what had happened. I was prepared to do anything. I pulled over to the side of the road, remembering to put on...
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The Late Night
Gina looked at the clock. It was 4:30 in the morning. Where was he!? Not at home, in bed, like she was. That was for sure. She turned over and angrily fluffed her pillow. A few minutes later, she had just turned over in bed when the door creaked open and light poured into the room. “Psst! Shut the door!” She hissed out blindly, sitting up in bed and turning to look at him. Wobbling in...
In the Line of Fire
It was my first day back on the job since my partner was killed. I had seen it all: we responded to a routine bank robbery but things went downhill fast. I had gotten myself caught by one of the robbers and was being held hostage. My partner and my captor exchanged bullets, and I was the only one left standing. I relived that day every night when I closed my eyes. I tried to kill myself....
Potions Class
Harry took his seat near the rear of the dungeon. The usually cold air was warmer today, and Snape was positioned over the top of a bubbling cauldron that spewed a pink foam. Hermione even shot him a look across the room, and Harry knew something was different today. If the star pupil couldn’t place a potion, they were in trouble. Just then, the dungeon door clanged open and a horse in...
The Killer
Terror pulsed through my veins as I crashed through the woods. Branches snapped as they scraped my face, and a tangle of underbrush sprang up to trip me. I existed only for one purpose: escape. The phone had rang that night. I remember groggily reaching for it as The 5th Wheel reruns played in the background, the TV cycling on since I had fallen asleep earlier. My father was out on a date, and I...
Chili's
Mike had been Store Manager at Chili’s for two years now. He hated his job, his wife, his kids and most of all, his life. He was having a terrible day at work when he spotted a trailer pull up in the parking lot. “Great. Just what I need,” he thought to himself. “A visit from the District Manager.” The doors swung open. The hostess attempted to greet the visitor but...
First Day of School
It was Matt’s first day of school. The sun was nowhere to be found in the overcast sky, and the leaves were beginning to turn red and brown and crinkle at the edges. He peered out at the new Middle School building and his stomach jumped at the idea of a whole new world he must now navigate. Teachers, bullies, girls. He gulped. The bus screeched to a halt and he was forced to get off and face...
Investors meeting
The young man adjusted his tie and cleared his throat. He wasn’t nervous, per se, just anxious to get the presentation over with. He waited before the investors as they shuffled some papers around and took sips of water. They murmured to one another. A lousy day of investment pitches. Only one more remained. They obviously didn’t hold out much hope. The man puffed his chest out a bit...
A quiet night at home
Lydia sighed and stretched her neck to both sides as she relaxed into the sofa by the fireplace. The horse still wore fashionable RayBans as it quietly sauntered up behind her. A gentle exhale of breath from his nostrils alerted her to his presence as she loosened her nightgown overcoat. Horse_ebooks whispered, “Let me”. She relaxed as his horse-lips unfastened her clasps and his...
Horse_ebook's date
Lydia checks her date’s okcupid profile on her iPhone one last time while waiting at Starbucks.
“This picture is kinda blurry,” she thinks to herself “and his face looks a bit long but he seems kind of cute. I hope this date turns out okay.”
Just then a horse walks through the door, wearing shades with a bouquet of flowers in his mouth. He trots up to the table and...
Horse_ebooks on the stand
“The defense calls Horse_ebooks to the stand!”
The crowd gasps as a horse wearing sick Ray-Bans enters the courtroom and takes the stand.
“Sir,” begins the lawyer, “can you tell us why you’re here today?”
Horse_ebooks moves his nuzzle close to the microphone.
“DEA Complicity in Drugging America,” he coolly replies.
Another shocked gasp...
