Posts Tagged ‘punishment’


Long while since my last story, I have been a sea quite a bit which I don’t find overly conducive to writing.  I had 80% of this story written for a long time and while visiting Portland Oregon I finally had some time in a couple of coffee shops to finish it and prepare it to be published.  It is a concept that fascinates me and that we are not far from, there are already several product coming to market that almost fit this description and I will be watching the market reaction closely.  This one is a little longer at about 4300 words, thanks for taking the time to read my work and visiting my site, I am grateful for the chance to share my stories.  Enjoy.

Ditch the plate, dine with Plait!

Around 1995 was the pinnacle of guilt-free eating, since then the other foot really fell in terms of the obesity epidemic and the long term health risks of certain foods.  As global communities grew in size and influence with the prevalence of the internet, access to information also grew.  This started with simple food information and a better understanding of food labels but in time proper nutrition was no longer something you needed a professional nutritionist to guide you through.  In the early 2000s online nutritional information made a shift, instead of just talking about how bad processed foods were or how much our eating habits were affecting out health, the topic changed to sharing information of good nutrition.  The word “Superfood” entered the global lexicon and the food industry was never the same.  (more…)


I am sorry if this story took a while to get out but I set up another challenge for myself.  This time the whole story is being told entirely with dialog.  There isn’t a narrative word in the whole 2700, not is a “he said”, “she said”.  Hopefully that doesn’t disrupt the flow of the story too much.  Enjoy.

The Cost of Love

“Good evening gentlemen, if you would all please take your seats. The opening portion of these sorts of talks would normally start with an introduction and a quick telling of my background to justify what I am presenting. I think you will forgive my interest in privacy and permit a pseudonym for our interactions. Once I had completed my research I sought out a discrete group of ad men, if such a thing exists. We went through a battery of titles to present the product with: DR. Love was deemed too derivative, DR. Cupid was too cutesy, DR. Fix-up sounded like an after school TV program. In the end we settled on DR. Link, so from this point forward, all referrals and interactions shall refer my organization and indeed myself as DR. Link. (more…)