By CindyBlu My family’s business had evolved a lot since my grandfather had started it, and we were proud of moving with the times. So now we are a leading player in the small business sector of DVD, Blue Ray, and online training modules. We had reduced our cost base, only worked with freelancers, and took cash up front to ensure a continuous positive cash flow, so the business should have been in excellent health, and I thought it was.
Read moreBy SSC (sshieldsus@yahoo.com) Our house sat on a quiet street in a small town about twenty miles north of Birmingham. At that time, our nearest neighbor is about a ten-minute walk away. Of course, now the area is filled with subdivisions and yuppies, but at that time, it was a peaceful quiet place to grow up. We had a low fence surrounding our backyard to keep the animals from tearing up the area, but not high enough to keep anyone from
Read moreLexi Lust Prologue For as long as I can remember, I have had two passions. Law enforcement and animals. My dream of becoming a cop spawned from my mother. Though she died when I was but a child, my father often spoke of her bravery. She was the kind of cop everyone looked up to. The kind of cop that couldn’t be bought, no matter the price. The kind of cop other cops aspired to become. My love of animals
Read moreedmondl Part 1… Norma was born on a farm to very loving parents. Being an only child she was always alone; she had no real chores or jobs to do on the farm except for gathering the eggs which were a money-making commodity for the farm, she was annoyed when at the age of ten she was sent away to boarding school; she no longer had the freedom that she enjoyed on the farm. At least when she did have
Read moreSheela B. Debbie Benton has always loved animals, she’s been involved in looking after them all her life. In high school, she had an after school job helping in a Vet Clinic, which inspired her to train to become a Vet Technician. After she graduated she worked for five years in a Dallas animal hospital. Having years of experience working in the field led to her current job as an officer at Animal Services. The Dallas animal rescue agency run
Read moreSuemartin It’s warm for this time of year and the bulk of the research work had finished. The research teams from several associated universities had left last week and the rotating maintenance crew had left this morning. I had volunteered to manage the monitoring stations until the summer crew arrived in the next few days, then I would be heading back to the mainland on the return boat. It seemed peaceful walking along the shingled beach with the lapping of
Read moreHoraceHart Gringa: Noun, slang term (Usually disparaging or offensive), a foreign girl or woman in Spain or Latin America especially when of Caucasian origin; broadly, a non-Hispanic girl or woman — feminine form of gringo. ***** My friend Don is a rather odd chap, or at least he was when we were in college together. He seems to have settled down now, at least outwardly. To his friends he can still be a bit, well, odd and occasionally, after we’d
Read moreJenniferKline Linda, an Anthromorphic Labrador/human (a Labrahuman), sat at her desk, keyboard rattling as she typed up her latest report on the newest addition to the kennels. She’d been managing the renovation of the East Wing of the building, turning it into a breeding site for pedigree dogs. The new additions to these kennels were premium grade, the best genetics money could buy, and hopefully, they would increase their investment tenfold. Her work demeanour is professional, head high and back
Read moreandreadarling (andreadarling@outlook.com) As the sun began to descend beneath the hills outside the K. Lindsey Canine Shelter, Amber rose from her desk and stepped up to the front door, locking it for the night. She peered out the window to see if she could find her boyfriend’s car in the parking lot, but obviously he hadn’t arrived yet, so she let the blinds fall and left the window to head to the back of the lobby. Since she still had
Read moreTrystan69 It was summer, in that awkward time between school and college. The time you feel on the brink of new beginnings, but frightened of stepping out on your own. However, for the time being, I was still at home with my parents. Of course, I had certain new found freedoms, but still forced to live within some of the rules. One of those was cleaning up after dinner and taking out the trash. Not a daunting task, as living
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