John was a man's man and was soured on romance. Julie was half owner in "Menage A Trois," a sexy woman's boutique. It took corrupt cops, a shooting and a TV reporter to get them together. Oh yes, John got his erect "profile" shown on television. That helped the romance a little.
A Driftwood on Memory's River...Story (12) Christmas Eve! A Businessman with a problem! An Ancient Jazz Guitar Player! Haunted by a bittersweet past-he looks for a way to escape his loneliness. When their paths cross, we soon find out in the best Holiday Tradition, just who's naughty and who's nice!
Carly is a successful business woman whose adult son is having marital troubles. She wants to be there for both him and his wife. But her son Stephen takes her offer of help to an intimate place she never intended to go. After a short while, Carly's better judgment loses out and she moves toward her son and begins sharing his desires, and acting on them as well.
An aimless teen slacker, a strange shop with a menacing proprietress, an enigmatic statuette with a hidden purpose. What could possibly go right! Another complete short story with scope for continuation.