Jenna was intrigued by Ray's homework for her after their first official life coach session. Although she was vaguely familiar with what she knew to be a sensory deprivation tank, she had to agree with Ray, that a 'float tank' was a better marketing name for it. The main reason she knew about those tanks was a fiction novel she had read years back, The Door to December, or something like...

Added 10 Jul 2020 | Category General | Votes 2 | Avg Score 5 | Views 55 | 2 Comments

She loves her Daddy. He gave her all he could for her to stand on her own. She retains all he taught her, all the memories along the way, and the confidence that she built under his tender care. She travels many paths but it is at bridges that she remembers him the most. Chasms of various heights always scare her. Bridges may not be perfectly safe. "Cross with care, don't look down, and...

Added 09 Jul 2020 | Category Micro Fiction | Votes 4 | Avg Score 4.5 | Views 65 | 4 Comments

I am here to tell my own story. It's not yet over and I will have to go backwards before going forwards in order for you to understand my circumstances. I don't much like the word damned, as it has a history of being so final. I resist that I am damned, although I fully accept that I am cursed. You see, I made some bad decisions. I am sure there is not anyone out there that has not. So, I...

Added 03 Jul 2020 | Category Supernatural | Votes 2 | Avg Score 5 | Views 139 | 1 Comment

I've traveled many miles before reaching you. Fallen from vast heights, down waterfalls, rivers and through streams. My pollution is minimal as I have always kept moving. Now, I want to be a lake, never to leave you. A sanctuary you are to me. I feel safe, I feel clean, I feel fresh each day. My past is behind me. I have come a long way to be with you. As a lake, we must yet flow a little...

Added 24 Jun 2020 | Category Musings | Votes 9 | Avg Score 5 | Views 192 | 8 Comments

Jenna returned to her office after her breakfast meeting with Ray Evans excited for the rest of her day. He had been right about the Mediterranean Omelette, it had been delicious. She felt recharged and had a little more bounce to her step. She carefully reviewed the contract and legal forms that he sent to her email. They were quite transparent really, and she felt good about signing them...

Added 21 Jun 2020 | Category General | Votes 4 | Avg Score 5 | Views 179 | 2 Comments

Jenna sat in the waiting area of Cox Consulting, she was early. She was always early for appointments. It was part of her success strategy. A strategy that was working for her. She was a highly trained professional. A consultant herself, she smiled inwardly that she was about to become a client to a management consultant, as a paid benefit from her company. Her smile widened as she reflected...

Added 17 Jun 2020 | Category General | Votes 5 | Avg Score 5 | Views 231 | 3 Comments

She walked to the window, desiring to step from the dark toward light. Where was he now? Did she really want the answer to that? He was dedicated to a system that took more than it gave. It took him away from her. It always left her waiting for his return. He gave her everything. It was more than a job to him, she knew that. She loved him. She had sons by him and they loved him too. They...

Added 13 Jun 2020 | Category Micro Fiction | Votes 8 | Avg Score 5 | Views 191 | 6 Comments

Man's best friend. With love in her eyes and her tail making wind, my Chippy. In the days of a boy growing to be a man, my faithful companion through thick and thin. As I discovered girls, a friend to confide in, knowing what was said will stay just between us. After many relationships and heartbreaks, Chippy always listened with those eyes of 'told you so.' Dog years are not enough as the...

Added 11 Jun 2020 | Category Micro Fiction | Votes 10 | Avg Score 4.9 | Views 317 | 8 Comments

Ingrid, an heiress, was rich and beautiful. She got attention everywhere she went. Paparazzi followed her publicly and she was in all the magazines. Fame and money do not always bring happiness, Unfortunately, she got criminal attention when she went in search of a heroine fix. Found herself blindfolded, bound and gagged in a warehouse in the slums. Hefty sums were sought for ransom....

Added 09 Jun 2020 | Category Micro Fiction | Votes 4 | Avg Score 4.75 | Views 323 | 2 Comments

As the guitar strums blues and dark country my mind recalls some of what I have seen. It's best to keep it inside. Even my closest lovers don't know. Not that I don't trust them, but because I love 'em so. Bad enough I have had to see it. Judgment comes quick. I've come home alive. Done things best I could. One foot on the brake and one on the gas. Amazes me how much brake I have to use. Wish...

Added 06 Jun 2020 | Category Micro Fiction | Votes 6 | Avg Score 4.83 | Views 137 | 5 Comments