Slow Stories

Sally has her own special way of doing things. Unfortunately, Sally forgot to allow for one important factor, and events spiral out of control. Note: This is intended as a stand-alone story, but it follows on from Experiment 36.

Sterling City, 1872. Caleb Walker has spent his whole life working hard and getting nowhere. He hauls oranges through the snow, dodges the marshal's inspectors, and comes home each night to a tiny rented room, a loyal wife who deserves better, and a daughter who has stopped asking for toys. Then one rainy night, golden script appears before his eyes. The Golden Ledger gives him one roll of the dice each day, and whatever he earns can come back doubled, or even ten times over...

A short story about a father of two young girls who lost his wife and another daughter to tragedy and how he finally wakes up and discovers there is love and life after his darkest of days.

An old man is on his death bed. He asks God for a chance to re-live his life, to make things right. He gets his wish; but not as he expected.This is the story of that second chance.

A visit to New York's Worlds Fair is only the second best memory for Peter Butler from 1964

Sequel to the story Unfaithful. Wife, Simone, returns home to her husband Jimmy and her daughters, but things have changed.

Colin had family issues. Some bad, some good. But as life normally shows us, it all comes out in the end and there is a reason for everything.

A story in the Time Twitch Universe
That night in Flagstaff. A pickup at a Whiskey Bar and the ensuing fun and erotic romp. Graphic sexual content. (To have better context around this story you might want to read Chapter 16 of a Ten Pound Bag)

I had my future planned out: degree, good job in business, attractive wife and later children. My boss changed everything by asking me to do a job for him.