This is flash fiction... It is very short but I think it is interesting or I wouldn't have written it. It has no sex at all and is not my usual crime and violence thing so it might not find an audience but I can life with that to. Enoy if you can.
Chad Prince had known, and perhaps loved, Shirley Kiner for half his life. But, for the last half, she'd been away. Everyone knew that, years ago, she'd posed for Penthouse. But there was more: the rumors about her were disturbing. Who was Shirley, today? And how much had she changed?
Frank Cardon is a curious soul. A genius with almost idiot savant proportions, he posesses no social skills. Frank's mother dies leaving him the fortune he needs to complete their life-long project to build the first anti-gravity drive. With his lawyer/partner, he pulls off a stunt that secures his name in the history books and starts humankind on its migration to space. Note-This story has been updated and renamed from an earlier version entitled Prelude.
When Kate's nasty video chat with her boyfriend is unexpectedly cut short, she doesn't know what to do with the rest of her evening. Fortunately, her best friend calls and invites her out for a night on the town, but first she needs some help with some research she's been doing - research that's not exactly homework. After doing her best to help, Kate finds out that Casey and her mom have been volunteering for a pharmaceutical company that has achieved unexpected success.