Petting Stories

A story set in the Pinwheel Universe
There is an infestation of tiny lizards on the Pinwheel, and Doctor Reid is assigned a crack team of scientists to get to the bottom of it before they threaten the space station's air supply. The more they discover, the stranger things get. Where did these critters come from, and how are the enigmatic Krell involved?

He has stopped by the same coffee shop every day for some time, always looking for his favorite barista. Finally, he works up the nerve to ask her out...

neglected young wife goes shopping while husband works during a works trip to the USA, and soon gets led astray

Respectable wife, devoted mother and church volunteer Cindy buried her scandalous past decades ago. Then an old contract forces her back before the cameras—inside her own home. With her husband entering politics and her children hiding secrets of their own, one final performance could destroy everything.

This is one of my longer stories. Paul has neighbors who he socializes with, before and after his divorce. He is attracted to the wife but remains aloof. When she becomes widowed, he tries to lend support for her and her nineteen-year-old daughter. Consoling them both at different times, during a period of 'pillow talk' the widow tells him about how she grew up and how she met her husband.

Chief Eddie Nolan gets underway for his first Navy cruise to the Western Pacific. Leaving behind his frigid wife, and 3 children, who he knew firsthand were experimenting with incest. During the first half of his cruise, he enjoyed a couple trysts, one of which had surprising results. He also was kept informed of things happening at home, and something from his past is dumped in his lap. Lastly, his ship is assigned to a dream trip for Eddie.

Since I wrote 'Lost Wife' I've been think about the stories my wife told me all those years ago. Now I think there was more than a grain of truth in them all. The three guys in the Supermarket car park story was told and re-told a number of times and not all the details matched. Well I have spent some time on this particular story and have put all the elements together and come up with what I think is the best and most accurate account