Self Employed and other Short Stories

by John Outram

Overview

Self Employed

Bernice was devastated when her husband left taking all their money and furnishings. She pulls her life together and meets Louise, an airline employee, with a part time business. Bernice falls in love with Louise and they join together as self-employed call-in sex providers. Bernice nervously learns the business from Bernice and develops her own clientele but breaks one of the cardinal rules of the trade.�.



Jilian

A sex trade worker, Jilian is chosen by the owner of the massage parlor to bring cocaine from Mexico to Canada. She has no choice in the matter but the police intervene and force her to work with them and betray the mob. The price is high and her dreams of returning home to Nova Scotia are left unfulfilled�.

Domestic Violence

Elaine knew Jim in High School and had a premonition that he was not a good man. However, later when they meet again he is kind and gentle enough to convince her to marry him. Her premonition turns out to be true and before long her life becomes hell. She cannot escape and the law means nothing to him. There is only one way out and he forces it on her�..

Love and the Horny Toed Frog

George lived a happy single life as a young engineer in the city Works Department. That is until Janet comes on scene. At first he ignores her but a long period without sex perks his interest particularly as she finds ways to entice him. It all come to a head when the mayor send them on a mission to find the horny toed frog. They don't find the frog but they find each other under a horse blanket. Janet baits the hook and then like a skillful angler plays George into a net of love�..

Cynthia

Cynthia arrives at Head Office on a temporary assignment where she and David become friends. Cynthia has a dark secret and David is curious when he learns she has been hospitalized. For many years she has lived in fear of Franz, a vicious man, but has been unable to escape his hold on her. How does David free her and ensure Franz would never again threaten her?

Halloween
Elaine takes her kids to an old part of town on a ghost walk. The haunted house has special memories and she meets a ghost that turns out to be her. She feels terror as they nail the coffin lid. Is she really in that coffin?

Kay's American Adventure

Kay's husband had died tragically riding his motorcycle three years ago. She is restless and with her friend Vicky innocently join an online dating site. Kay meets Dan, a rancher in Wyoming, who invites her to visit his spread, and after much soul searching set off on her own motorcycle for an adventure. The situation soon deteriorates into a web of spies, terrorists, Government Agents, police and helpful people including Betty from St. Louis. Kay and Betty found themselves prisoners in a religious cult. The Bishop uses his position to procure women for his parishioners. Their situation is hopeless as they undergo degrading sexual activities until out of the blue the unexpected happens to free them�

Golden Sandals

Jan falls in love with the lawyer handling her divorce. A handsome, older man, he had been a family friend since she was a girl. Now they were lovers and on a trip to Montreal where he is to be feted by his associates. Jan wants to look her very best for the occasion. Jan loves him but is uncertain about his love for her. In a moment of jealous rage she breaks the heel of one of her golden slippers but wise in the ways of women he handles the crisis with love, heals her heart and fixes the heel�

Product Details

BN ID:	2940149394258
Publisher:	Club Lighthouse Publishing
Publication date:	03/18/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	626 KB

About the Author

John Outram

I grew up in a typical southern Ontario city when it was considered normal for a kid to roam anywhere anytime without fear or concern for their safety. It was unusual to lock the doors of our homes in those times even though there were horrible wars across the oceans. Our town was situated on a beautiful river draining a network of lakes famous for their sparkling waters and fighting fish. There was time to enjoy life, read books, listen to the radio and be kids unlike what seems to be the way kids live today and that became prologue to a career in industry, construction, manufacturing and management as an electrical engineer. I could not stay in one organization or job much past the time I knew how to do it well and then became anxious to move on. It was difficult for my wife and family during that period but our kids acquired a dose of the itchy foot and soon flew far from the nest.
My career took me overseas many times particularly while serving on an international working group writing product and process standards and part of our national committee. So many changes have occurred during my decades in this world that there is no time to just watch them happen but it is necessary to grab the ring and go with it. Lately, I�ve had time to focus on a youthful passion to write imaginative stories of life as I have seen it or have imagined it might happen. Writing provides an opportunity to live other lives in the exploits of my characters. What might my experience have been if I�d taken a different turn at any number of times in the past? My wife has been a constant support and now puts up with long periods away from her on the keyboard. All authors must have someone in the background to keep the clean and fed. Thank you dear.