Vegas luck part 1

I was sat in a bar in the Bellagio casino, Las Vegas, deciding against ordering a $500 bottle of champagne. I was here on vacation with some of my school buddies, but had finally got[…]

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The fire

Fbailey story number 348 The Fire When a fire destroyed our home I was at school taking my final exams and Dad was at work. Mom had moved out a few months before that and[…]

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Seduced by miriam

It was a gorgeous early evening in the Mid-Atlantic on a late spring day in 1957. The summer solstice was three and a half weeks away with the temperature in the upper seventies. The sky[…]

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My fathers' boss

My Father's Boss. There was a very important company gala coming up, a formal black tie event; my father needed a plus one. My mother has been away for the past three months taking care[…]

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The voltaire

Dr. Louis van Haugh rode alone in the backseat of his personal limousine. It was nightfall, and he stared out of the window to watch the lights of the big city whiz by. Louis had[…]

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The backing singers

copyright: Lesley Tara, 2009 It had been a long, frustrating afternoon in the recording studio. Darya Jones was making her first solo album, and things were not going well. She had been a leading member[…]

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