Reluctant Stories

Another of the "Laura" series of stories. This one was the very first one I wrote years ago and it filled out over a period of time. This one has lovely Laura at home alone at night and ends up having her fantasy come true. And all because she watched her fiance's unmarked videotape...

A young girl teases a couple of rough construction workers doing a renovation project on her parents' house. She gets more than she planned for when she takes the teasing too far.

A lab accident has a strange effect on dimwitted Don.

Lisa is a grad student. She and her roommate Chelsea rent a ranch-house from Chelsea’s father, Mr. Burns. All is well until Lisa receives an unwelcome email the same day that both Chelsea and Lisa’s boyfriend Matt leave town for the weekend, supposedly to visit their mothers. Lisa decides to exact revenge on the two in the most hurtful way she can…at Mr. Burn’s poker game that night.

A Samantha Story
Mandy is worried that her developing daughter Samantha will end up pregnant if she doesn't take action quickly. She recruits Aaron to teach Samantha a lesson about what teen aged boys want to do to her even though he's an adult now. But what lesson will Aaron teach and what lesson will Samantha learn?

Needful Things (inspired by Stephen King's story) is in fact three short stories unrelated except they all involve customers of an old antique shop. In the first story, middle-aged Amelia Pennington purchases an ancient love charm. The second features fourteen year old Danny who just wants the funds to take a pretty girl to the cinema but gets a lot more than he expected. In the third story young teacher, Anne Dawkins simply wants to restore order in the classroom.