Theodore F Walker was back in Vienna. Passers-by would have seen a slim man in his early fifties strolling in the early spring evening, apparently with no fixed objective. In that they would have been mistaken. Theo was early for his appointment by design: it gave …
One evening in the middle of summer, I found myself in Albuquerque on a business trip. Maybe it was the balmy New Mexico air, or the fact that I had earlier spotted a teenage girl strolling down Central Avenue, dressed in white low rider jeans and …
The conversation was polite but nuanced. At least she was picking up on my double entendres. When we exchanged photos, I nearly fell off my bed. She’d be considered a knockout in any part of the world. I told her exactly that, and asked if she …
My little Sister turns the key and swings open the door to her room at State U. I’m astonished by what I see. One wall is devoted to photos that Manda has taken of me–hundreds of them. They’re dominated by a poster-sized enlargement, captured in our …
Gina and I were going to dinner so we had planned to meet at her apartment at six. I drove over and let myself in. “Hey, I’m here,” I said as I entered but she was nowhere to be seen. Looking around her living room toward …
I was bored with the book I was reading and decided to take a look out of my hotel room’s one and only window. This wasn’t one of Victoria’s “view” hotels and, admittedly, not one of its better neighborhoods. The only view I got was of …
OK: Note of explanation here. This became a much longer and larger story than I’d first envisioned. So I went back to do re-writes of parts and add more development of the two central people, as well as the supporting cast. It’s not done yet, …
Her name was Casey Fernandez. She was 34, shoulder-length hair the colour and sheen of a horse-chestnut fresh from its case, deep dark eyes, high cheek bones, a mouth that promised much and (as I discovered) delivered more. We were not exactly living together all the …
“Dad, I have to make a confession, but I believe something good will come of it. It really is no secret that your marriage to Melissa is in shambles. You even sleep in separate bedrooms. This was such a happy house in the beginning. You …
