A young man in a hurry hits an old lady in the crosswalk (extra points? NO). She could call the police, she could sue his ass off. Instead she trades some of her loneliness for some of his time - playing board games. But there is more to this old lady than meets the eye. A tale inspired by a prompt from another writer, this story is a trifle. Nothing deep, full of angst - but maybe some humor and romance.
A husband, Bob, discovers his wife, mother of their 3 teenage children, in bed with a family friend, being sent home after a work injury during the night shift. A keen jogger, after flooring his "friend" Bob goes on his usual long early morning run, much further than normal, and ends up in hospital. When he wakes up, no-one knows who he is (no ID or wallet in his running shorts) but remembers himself as Tommy, in his early 20s whose last memory is shopping for milk. Who is he?
Young couple, new to the neighborhood, attend their neighbors' anniversary party and are asked how they met. The brief answer they provide, a photography class in college, does not nearly tell the whole story. Illustrated.
When Moira attempts to discuss her teenage son's report card with him, a startling coincidence instead begins a chain of steamy events neither could have anticipated.
On her own in a new city, Adrienne meets a pair of sisters -- one flirty, the other in mourning. The sisters make her a strange proposal, one that she ultimately cannot turn down.
Seers see major things in the future. Ours look for and find violence like terrorists or bombers. The response teams are there to stop that but we can only act at the time the violence begins. Only now someone who knows and supports the terrorists is setting traps for us.