Categotry Archives: Fiction
Suzie’s House 46: Where Kid’s End Up When Someone’s Down
When we left off last week, Sean and Joseph had barreled out of the house where Cindy lives. Drew nicked both of them with one shot before they slammed past him. They scooped up Ben, who was in the doorway, and tried to stuff him into their jeep. Drew punched out Sean, but Joseph hit him in the back of the head with a baseball bat. Ben watched Drew’s eyes roll back right before he hit the pavement. “Drew!” Ben […]
Suzie’s House 46: Peas in a Pod
In last week’s episode of Suzie’s House, Sean, who had previously offered Ben a ride, crawled out onto the roof next to Cindy’s apartment to get Ben’s attention. Drew, who was standing next to Ben, pulled his gun and said “Halt! You’re under arrest!” Halt? Of all the idiotic things to say, why did that have to come out of his mouth? Drew put the gun away. He wasn’t about to shoot into the neighbor’s apartment, particularly when so many […]
Suzie’s House 45: A Party with a View
As he stood by the front window of some stranger’s apartment, Sean wished his brother, Joe, would take a hike, preferably all the way back to Ireland. That’s where Joe belonged. “I’m only saying you should listen to me.” Joe grabbed Sean’s arm as he tried to leave the window in favor of following Christina’s luscious back side to the kitchen where conversation was bound to be better. Sean looked from his brother’s hand to his eyes as a hint […]
Suzie’s House 44: A Little Get Together
This is the episode that caused my little blockage problem a few weeks back. Conceptually it would have worked fine right after we met Joseph and Sean, but I couldn’t get over the feeling something was missing. Maybe more than one something. Apparently I tried to skip over too much. 😀 To my FanLit friends, I apologize for taking so many artistic liberties with your names. I huffed up the stairs, then took a half a minute […]
Suzie’s House 43: To Clear the Air
Previously in Suzie’s house Ben helped his mom set the table. Now they are sitting at the table for dinner, but it’s actually a few days later. I’d link you to the episode involving Vin and Miranda, but it was on the newsletter as it wasn’t quite PG13 rated. Everyone sat around the dining room table looking all stiff. Ben thought maybe they should be eating in the kitchen at the kitchen table like he and Mom did before everyone […]
Suzie’s House 42: A Little Understanding
When we left Ben a couple of weeks ago, he had just learned that the man who shot Vin is the same man who offered him a ride – or at least so everyone in Suzie’s house thinks. Being in home was all different now that Ben knew what was really going on. Least he knew what was up with the guy who shot Vin anyway. There was something going on between Vin and Miranda, but Ben wasn’t sure […]
Suzie’s House #41: Coming to the Point
I know, it takes me forever to – ehem – come to the point. But I’m there now. So Suzie isn’t here. It’s on the newsletter this week. If you would like to receive this week’s episode and you have not signed up for the newsletter at Suzies_House-Subscribe@Yahoo!Groups.com then please contact me at Alice Audrey 1 @ yahoo . com, without the spaces of course. Provided you are over 18 I will be glad to send it to you. […]
Suzie’s House 40: Cat Scratch Fever
We continue from last week when Miranda went down stairs to check on Vin. Vin explored every facet of Miranda as he kissed her. She smelled of something soft and sensual, not tart or obnoxiously floral like some of her perfume. She tasted sweet and a little musky, and so sexy he could hardly stand it. (Editorial note: Hmmmm… to newsletter, or not to newsletter? That is the question. I think… not, but my younger readers might want to skip […]
Suzie’s House 39 : Good Intentions
Remember how Miranda went stomping upstairs after Vin fell asleep on the couch while she poured out her heart to him? That was the same night Ben walked home from his father’s house. We now return to Miranda shortly after she went upstairs. Yes, it was a busy night. Miranda pulled a nightgown over her head, then adjusted the layers of filmy fabric and demure lace to hang straight from low cut bodice to her bare toes. She opened […]
Suzie’s House 38 : the Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth
Remember a few episodes back when Ben came home unexpectedly ; he spoke with “the red-headed man” on the way home from his father’s house ; and Drew and Suzie demanded to know everything; and they told him the red-headed man is the one who shot Vin? We now return to Ben’s bedroom that night. “You haven’t seen him, have you?” Mom looked really close at his face, hers all wrinkled up with concern. She came toward the bed […]
Suzie’s House 37: A Dark and Balmy Night
“Sean! Wait up!” Joseph jogged down the night-darkened street toward his brother. He had muttered some lame excuse to Christina and hurried out of the bar. The urgency to warn his brother, to wring from him some sort of promise overwhelmed him. In a way, the feeling tied in with Christina. Something about her sent up red flags. Sean accused him of being paranoid because he had so many premonitions of doom. Maybe he was, but he was also alive […]
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Suzie’s House 36: Mata Hari
“Yeah, but yours is redder,” Christina, mouthed to herself. How stupid could she get? As if how red his hair was mattered to anyone. It was probably the lamest line she’d tried on him yet, and she’d tried some doozies. What did it get her? He couldn’t get out of there fast enough. Christina took a sip of beer, winced, and set it on the old Formica tabletop. She didn’t even like beer, and certainly not in a dive like […]
Suzie’s House 35 : A Tale of Two Brothers
Joseph O’Connor lifted his Budweiser, looked at the amber brew, and wished it was a black and tan. You couldn’t get Guinness at the Caribou at all, let alone half of the black and half of the tan in a single mug. So what did his brother, Sean, see in the place? “We should have gone to Clancy’s.” “Clancy’s has been closed for years. Besides, this is close to home.” Joseph snorted. “Nothing this side of the pond is close […]
