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Taylor was back at work and sitting at my desk when I arrived. She was all bubbly and smiling like the cat that got the cream. I had the feeling that she was making progress with her plan to bring about her “future step-mother’s” downfall but in spite of busting at the seams with excitement,...

The office was all white, walls, ceiling, carpets and the furniture. Erik Wade cautiously shook hands with the diminutive practitioner who, being dressed in the same color himself, blended almost seamlessly with the décor. Doctor Kruger bid him sit in a large winged chair which was armed with...

I’d just wrapped up a case and I was spending my time relaxing, which involved listening to music and flying paper airplanes across the office. Around 9 o’clock there was a knock on the door and I took my customary position facing the window and yelled come in, spinning around in my chair like Sam Spade when the client entered. Except it wasn’t a client it was Aoibhe.

When Teela and Frank decided to separate it was traumatic for both of them. It was agreed that she would keep the house and he would find a little apartment.

His sex life, having been restricted to heavy petting, Chris Cooper is desperate to experience the real thing. When he meets a girl in a bookstore, who agrees to go out on a date with him, and happens to have her own apartment, he thinks with a bit of luck he’ll be able to get into her pants. Thea,...

Dave and I had been saving for our dream vacation for three whole years. We drank cheap wine. Walked to work. Drank even cheaper wine. Split small lattes instead of having a humungous one each. We started going to parties of people we didn’t like so we could drink their wine instead of buying our...

In 2125, with the world’s population burgeoning out of control the United Federation is compelled to take drastic measures. Only those truly useful and compatible are allowed to live. The obvious result is a smaller more productive body of inhabitants, less prone to illness, crime or insurrection....

Granville Hawk was an ambitious young TV comedy writer. In spite of his youth he figured he’d paid his dues, he’d been nominated twice for a prestigious award and was the darling of a couple of Hollywood comedians who loved his work. Never the less some producers were never satisfied with...

Good news and bad news. The bad news is I have to attend the funeral of Niamh tomorrow. I hate funerals and this is going to be a very emotional one. Obviously, I want to say goodbye to my dear friend but it’s not going to be easy. The good news is related to my father, who still has a law...

Prince Richard was one of those privileged kids who wanted for nothing. However being the next in line in one of Europe’s oldest monarchies had its draw backs. The biggest one being – he couldn’t go outside of the palace alone. He was always escorted by three armed security men where ever he went.  

Joe and Irene Smith were an older couple living in a house that was much too large for them, so one day they decided to partition part of it off to make a efficiency unit that they could rent out. Their ad had only been posted for a few hours when a very nice young couple turned up at the door, they had good references, cash in hand and ready to move in, which they did two days later.

Angela and I arrived in Paris this morning. It was pretty early and so I thought we might look around a bit but she was anxious to get back to Strasbourg. After we’d cleared customs and immigration we located her car in the long term parking and off we drove. We arrived in Strasbourg around 2.30pm,...

Danny Maddox did not believe in heaven, he believed that when he died everything would go dark and remain that  way. He couldn’t remember anything before he was born and he reasoned death would be much the same. Of course, he didn’t expect to be run down by a truck in St Petersburg, Florida at age 25. Although the iPhone addicted nerd had certainly come close a couple of times before

I only met my Aunt Olaug a couple of times. Once we went over to Norway to visit her and she came to stay with us in Ireland for a few days. Unlike my mother who married a working-class Irishman, who she met on vacation, my Aunt married a comparatively rich businessman.