Eleven-year-old Jeri came barreling through the front door. “I hate her!” she shouted in the general direction of her father, who struggled to push his recliner into an upright position. “She does nothing but hurt me! And I’m never letting her borrow one of my library books again!” Jeri stormed away in the direction of her bedroom. Her dad ( Read more... )

Aaron Grimes walked back into his office. Halfway to his desk he turned back to the door and pulled it closed tightly behind him. He needed a minute. He sighed, hand still on the handle and turned in place. He leaned back on the closed door. He was so tired ( Read more... )

A woman sits back in her office chair enjoying a momentary lull in the storm. She knows she hasn’t gotten this far by resting on her laurels whenever she gets the chance, though. One satisfied stretch and a glance across the many accolades that hang dispersed among the rich wood-framed family photos and signifiers of position. Not a moment to ( Read more... )

“Anson, that’s beautiful!” I wrestle with our finicky kitchen faucet for a moment, struggling to stop the last trickle of water that never wants to stop, and wipe my hands on a dish towel. It’s been such a long day already ( Read more... )

Uh-oh! It’s time for a sprint-ro intro, because this thing is due in a couple of hours!

Hello, beautiful people of Idoling World! It is I, Tonithegreat,* back with you again for adventure, profit, fortune, glory, and the pleasure of getting kicked like the hippie I know myself to be.

Huh. Still Toni-the-Great-ing it here? Looks that way. For ( Read more... )

Hello, dusty musty place! How I’ve missed you! I’m coming back for LJ Idol.

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Current Events: In last week's news, we saw lawmakers in my town making headway with a renewable energy tax exemption for Florida. Nothing can go wrong with renewable energy subsidies, right?

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This story takes place about six months before we meet Bryn Stilwell. Jim Sommers is still a very promising architect at Sundstrom, coming into his ( Read more... )

The rain is still coming down in torrents of fat drops. I made a poor choice coming across town to meet with my clients in person today. I should have done this by teleconference/skype. It wasn't an entirely poor choice, because it was good to meet a couple of folks that I didn't know in person and I dropped off some documents for signature. ( Read more... )

When last we left Bryn Stilwell, PI, she and Jim Sommers appeared to have extricated themselves from a potentially deadly situation, and then they traded the tension of the situation for a resolution of the steamy tension between them.The day didn't get less surreal after the shower ( Read more... )