First Stories

He was a dirty pervert. His mother told him every day from the time she caught him masturbating at age twelve until he moved to get away from her. The girl of his dreams called him a pervert after she caught him ogling her near naked body as she tried to get a tan on her balcony. Then she ran over him and things got better.

Polly was the postmistress of Licking Lizard, California. She took her job seriously enough to stay in the dying town to service the 1,000 or so inhabitants. Polly's "servicing" extended far beyond the delivery of mail. She was determined to spread her sweet honey to as many men and women as possible despite the declining trend in population. Tourists were a special treat.

Before London had really started swinging, before the Summer of Love, there was rural England — where duty mattered, marriages endured, and women were expected not to ask for too much. But in the summer of 1964, one lonely shopkeeper begins to wonder if life has passed her by. Then, during one extraordinary afternoon, a pop group, a Mars Bar, and a tub of petroleum jelly alter a wife and mother’s life forever.

A Historical-Firsts Story
Bertha was mad enough at the Federals who had invaded her state. But she was furious at the Yankee lieutenant who commanded the squadron occupying her family's plantation.