THodge: Stories

Fourteen months after her husband Bill's sudden death, Deniece spends a morning in the grip of old habits of grief — watching an empty doorway, listening for a truck that will never pull into the driveway, unable to wash his last worn clothes or move his boots from where they still sit by the door. Her friend Pam checks in with fresh coffee and quiet company, and later returns to sit with her as Deniece finally opens a shoebox of old photographs she didn't know existed, glimpsing decades of her

Learning to Breathe Again is a story about the devastating weight of loss and the unexpected grace of second chances. It's about the courage it takes to ask for help, the strength required to offer it, and the possibility that even in our deepest grief, we might find our way back to hope—and perhaps even to love. A story of healing, hope, and learning that it's never too late to start living again.

A side story of The Adventures of Tim Bodge.

Deniece walked through the Portal Booth into Queen Nontslah’s bedroom. It’s been about a week since Nontslah took on the seven men in her suite on the SSG1. She saw Nontslah sitting at her makeup table, applying a little makeup. She asked, “Are you feeling better, now that you have had a little time to recover.” Nontslah turned to her smiling and said, “Yes, the best part, my daughters are wondering what happened to change my mood.”

A mother wanted her son to become a doctor. She hired three teachers to help keep his grades up. Their job was to make sure had he made it thought school without becoming a daddy. The mother told the teachers to do whatever needed to be done, to make this happen.

Mrs Walker needed help and as her son's friend he decided he would help.

Tim invites some friends over to play poker. One of his five wives decides to play hostess for the game. The game gets intriguing after Tim runs out of chips and his wife offers to help.

The explicit content may not be suitable for all readers, so please proceed with caution. The focus of the story is on exploring themes of intimacy and desire in a raw and unfiltered way. This story is not part of The Adventures of Tim Bodge. I used the names because I am familiar with them. This story deals with a large amount of sex. In fact, 90% is sex. If you read it, enjoy. If it is not your cup of tea, feel free to skip this one.

This is the the daytime happenings of the After hours story. 3,000 people left Earth to start a new settlement on a deserted planet. They were placed in cryogenics pods for the trip. Someone wanted to be the ruler and killed some of the controllers, while they slept. There were to be 15 settlements, with 200 people in each. The Alpha settlement ended with only ten people. The story tells of their eveyday life.

A science fiction space story, there is no sex in this story.