Lust connection lost Word count 359 Duke had been married to Sally for twenty years before she died of cancer. To his extreme unhappiness, he found out that Sally didn’t believe in sex after marriage. During those twenty years, Duke tried to get sex everywhere, … Continue reading The Afterwife (rated R)
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It’s Back
Word count 318 Mt. Hood Sally got off the phone with her doctor and told Duke “It’s back.” Duke replied “Chemo worked before. You can do it again.” “You don’t know how much that hurt. I would never go through that again.” “But there’s … Continue reading It’s Back
Funerunreal
What is real? Word count 480 Last week I was at Duke Hanley’s funeral. It was an open casket affair as his wife had requested. I wandered around seemingly at random and eavesdropped on mourners’ comments. A few people looked at me like they wondered … Continue reading Funerunreal
The Other Side Of This Life
Trying to cure cancer Word count 2000 After a string of losses, at last something good was coming my way. My wife of fifteen years had left me a month ago leaving me a financial and emotional wreck. Rather than a home cooked meal … Continue reading The Other Side Of This Life
Asteroid
Apocalypse then Word count 5835 Ray detection The outer space probe Arrow detected an increase in cosmic rays traveling towards earth beyond the orbit of Pluto. The intensity of the rays increased by a factor of ten and then Arrow became silent. NASA made … Continue reading Asteroid
Doug Hawley 