Humor Stories

Two cowboys, a traveling Shakespear show... Ah, just read the dang thing. It won't kill ya.

A Jessica Brown, Secret Agent Story
Secret agent Jessica is back, this time she's watching a pretty girl play tennis at a luxurious country hotel. Her actual mission is to tail some Russian guys, but for Jessica, work and pleasure always get entangled...

A Harvey Marcus Birthdays Story
After a long dry spell, Mr. Marcus gets juicy with one of his daughter Annie's friends. This is the first in a series of "Birthday" stories.

Mr. Marcus, fresh from his portrayal of Dr. Fleischmann in Dr. Crumholtz's office, recalls the first time he got to "play doctor." I hope that the mental review doesn't distract him while he's driving home. He might rear-end somebody. The episode in question harkens back to daughter Annie's high school senior year, at the fateful volleyball game when Mr. Marcus gave Lore a big hug (that eventually led to "One For Good Luck"). Whose ball is it, anyway?

I was having a bowl of that talking rice cereal, a generic variety, and the unceasing noise reminded me of an incident with a young woman that had the same collection of sounds. Maybe you should grab your earplugs before you start reading.

Do we ever really know the person that we chose to spend our life with? Of course we know what they chose tell us about them-selves and their past. But its what they chose not to tell us; that can sometimes lead to some interesting situations!

A Mat Sullivan and Sarah York story
Hank Prescott and Bill Jones are bounty hunters in New Mexico Territory. They are successful, but they take a slightly skewed approach. For example, Hank hates horses, so he drives a buckboard pulled by a mule named Ada. Join Hank and Bill in their efforts to have some fun cleaning the riff-raff from NMT and making a little money while they're at it.

Val and Gary were happy enough until a slip of the tongue changed everything