Lucky I was an electrician at a nickel mine on a plateau in southern Boone Province on the last Friday of September 1996. It was a little cold for September, and fall was definitely in the air. While I was in the shop office talking to a customer, I...
Self-Glorifying They walked side by side, all decked out in their delicate fur coats, with perfect eyelashes and every hair in place. When Darling and Honey walked down the street, all who passed them were transfixed by their fascinating beauty. The...
Harry's Dilemma Young Harry and old Bill were armored car guards. They'd been covering the same route for over three years now. Today would be different. They were scheduled to transport a large sum from Ohio National Savings Loan Bureau, the headqu...
The Sign Makers Do the Sign Makers control us? They must have quite a profitable income and prestige. I wonder if they are the ones down the street with the large houses. I feel jealous. If I had thought about it when I was younger, I would have poi...
The Golden Boot Once upon a time there was a little girl named Ella. She lived in a little cottage with her stepmother and her three step-sisters. They were known as Sister Attila, Sister Etta, and Sister Ina. Their dear mother was named Anna. All i...
A Father's Gift The visitor, on that morning before Easter, was a middle-aged, shabby-looking fellow, in white clothes with a queer waistcoat of light gray color. His small, neglected beard gave the impression that he had, perhaps, merely abandoned...
The summer weather this year has been even more unexpredictable than usual. Yesterday was no exception. My day at work had not gone pariticularly well and I returned home in a bit of a mood. My parents are staying for a few days and they were watchi...
Fantasy Farm When my classmate Rashed informed me that Reza was back, I was really very happy. For the last two weeks Reza had not been at his house without any notice. Rashed also informed that Reza was not like his usual self, he looked rather a s...
My Strange Experience It was the morning after the night before. I was aroused by the sound of the stereo from downstairs and the smell of bacon permeated the air. Usually such an odor would be from paradise, but not today, for my throat was thirsty...
The Toy It was 1952 and my father was away at war,leaving my mother and me behind to face hardship alone.I was ten.My mother was a surgeon and worked at the local clinic a few blocks from where we lived.We both resided in a medieval apartment in the...