Charles and Theodore, or Ted as he preferred to be called, had their weekly meetup at a local brewery. At least, that’s where they started. They usually moved on down the street to establishments with more potent stuff. They both got a kick out of the brewery’s theme of old…

Or so they say. — Here’s my story: odd but true. First, let me say my particular brand and type of toothpaste gives me an award-winning smile with a minty freshness that lasts all day long. And if I didn’t know better, it made my cavities disappear. It makes my life feel so special by…

Remembrances of a past package — — In this day and age of Amazon packaging and standardized shipping parcels, we can forget the beauty of a uniquely packaged box. Though it had been many years ago, he remembered receiving a gift from his older uncle, who had packed the present in painstaking detail so it would arrive…

He watched her slip off her jeans and remove her top, stripped down to the flimsiest of underwear. — I was made in Dresden, Germany, sometime after the second world war. Stamped USSR occupied. My optics were the finest, from Paris, France. My eventual destination — midwest Canada. My first owner is a middle-aged school teacher who likes to take photos of his garden flowers. Family stuff too. In…

Or watch out for the heavy handed… — McCoy was in the city. As the head mechanic of the service vehicles for his small town’s local utility, he had the luxury of choosing to be the one to make the occasional parts run into the “big” city. McCoy liked to see what was going on in the city…

It was sometime in the 1970s (long before digital cameras and cell phones) when a certain package from his uncle arrived for him. When he got home from school that day, his mother told him a box from Canada had been delivered, and she had put it in his bedroom. …

Or, “Don’t worry. Mark my word that Aaron will get his one day!” — Gwendoline was a Chambermaid in the court of Countess D’Valence, who always treated Gwendoline as less her servant and more part of the greater court’s family. But unfortunately for Gwendoline, this was not the case with others at the castle. Gwendoline, for lack of a better term, was most vertically…

Or don’t count the Iron Dick out… — Iron Dick McCoy had been a local football legend in his day, with his high school team winning state and his scholarship to a big ten school. Iron Dick, as a left tackle, was an offensive lineman’s lineman, to be sure. Unfortunately for Iron Dick, a freak shoulder injury in…

Kat and Brie were headed to the local bar’s Trivia Night. They were a decent team of only two, having placed either first or second over the past month. Considering some teams had as many as ten members, Kat and Brie were pleased with their performance. As a cosplay model…