A Watching Trey Story Young girl on the theshold of womanhood is helped along on her voyage of discovery by her older, male caretaker. Starts slow, but it gets there.
A Story in Jake's Kansas Universe
When Jerry's wife, Cindy, told him to "give it away," he couldn't. Would she ever come to him and ask him to "give it back?" This is a sequel to "Give It Away" please read that story first.
It's the Friday after Thanksgiving. Mike returns to school after sharing Thanksgiving dinner at home with his family. It seems the holiday is really over, when he finds himself locked out of his room in the freshman dorm. Looks like he'll have to spend the night in his roommates' girlfriends' roommates' room again. (Runner Up, Golden Clitorides 2006 Short Story of the Year) / (Reviews)
Jim was having a little bit of a hard time. He had been divorced for a while and had no new love on the horizon. Then he lost his job. Jim was a survivor. He started his own business, then he met Bonnie.
Playwright John Guare came up with the phrase "six degrees of separation" -- four words to describe the phenomenon of a shrinking world where any random two people can discover a link through a chain of acquaintances. This story suggests a route through physical connections from a homeless British woman to the President of the United States. But beware - this isn't a light fantasy. The links on this chain are rusty and loose - and they hurt those who are joined by them.