After Richard graduated from trade school, he was hired at a shipyard in Philadelphia as an apprentice welder. He shifted from crew to crew over the first three years and ended up on Tommy's. Richard or as close friends called him Dickie, and Tommy became friends as they were both interested in restoring old British sports cars. This night after, they had worked on an old MGB and called it quits. They were taking it for a...

Sunday Obsession Merril sits among the congregation, pulse quickening, panties damp beneath her skirt. Reverend Elias stands at the pulpit, collar stark white, voice rolling like thunder. A bead of sweat glints on his upper lip, catching the church light. August heat presses heavy, box fans stirring it from pew to pew. His wife gets him every night. Why should she have him all to herself? Merril doesn’t need vows or forev...