Telepaths: The Park Slope Conspiracy - 14

Carl has everything under control. The Park Slope interviews are finishing up, Maggie is feeding him information about Andrew and he's working on the Senator's investigation.

One phone call from his wife will bring it all crashing down.*

*This chapter contains strong language, interview tactics, panic and a lot of phone calls.

Video Lives Forever - Part 2

This is a continuation of last week's story. Again, I have little to no excuse. It was just a writing exercise!*

*This story contains strong language, drinking, university politics and things left unsaid.

Telepaths: The Park Slope Conspiracy - 13

Elise is drawn into a cloak and dagger game when she is named the Senator's liaison in the secret investigation that ties Park Slope, Andrew's pick-ups and the Senator's opponent together.*

*This chapter contains strong language, astonished looks, more politics and cheeseburgers.

Video Lives Forever - Part 1

I don't have an adequate excuse for this one. A few years ago some friends and I all decided to see if we could write a story based on the line, 'I'm not a porn star.'

I guess I could say everyone was doing it. That's a pretty good excuse. This is the first part. There are two more (short) sections to follow.*

*This story contains strong language, adult situations (what's between PG-13 and R?) and university politics.

Telepaths: The Park Slope Conspiracy - 12

Andrew has escaped with a little help from his friends. But how will he explain his capture to his boss without getting fired? Will he figure out how Maggie got through his block? Will he and his girlfriend ever eat their Chinese food?*

*This chapter contains strong language, bloody flashbacks, red faced reprimands and some PG -13 adult content.

Good Samaritan

This alien story should be prefaced with a true story.

A few weeks ago I was walking to the subway. It was dark but early. I heard something over my headphones but didn't look until I saw a blur of movement out of the corner of my eye. At first it looked like teenagers horsing around, running up the sidewalk, pushing each other a little. Then one of the girls started shouting and one of the guys was thrown up against a store window while the others tried to hit him. People stopped on the sidewalk to watch. One of the people from the store came outside and stood there with a very serious expression. I took my cell phone out of my bag but I didn't dial. I walked up the steps to the platform and peeked over the edge a few times. The fight was still going. I hesitated on the platform, phone in hand. A cop came around the corner and started down the steps. I put my phone away and caught my train. Ever since then I've been wondering what I should do if I see a fight on the street again.

The story isn't really an answer, it's just how one of my alien characters would handle the situation.