From Geoff Dale via email: Indeed quite charming and ended as I expected. More of a mini novel than a story this time. No complaints, just an observation. Good stuff Howard.
Howie! This one really pulled me in. What started as a simple wrong-number text turned into something I couldn’t stop reading, and I found myself smiling the whole way through. Your humor feels so natural—like I’m sitting there listening to you tell the story in person—and those little offhand lines are what really got me.
I’ll be honest, I even caught myself thinking about the choices along the way and where it was all headed, which made it that much more engaging. It’s funny, a little bold, and just human enough to feel real underneath it all. I genuinely enjoyed this one.
Thanks Bob! It means a lot. My goal with this one was to be more organic, worried about situations, characters, dialogue without punching it up with jokes just to add more funny.
Finally read. Extremely great. If it weren't for a few Fox one-liners, I'd have thought this was written by someone else. Quite different from you. Shows great versatility. M.
From Geoff Dale via email: Indeed quite charming and ended as I expected. More of a mini novel than a story this time. No complaints, just an observation. Good stuff Howard.
Howie! This one really pulled me in. What started as a simple wrong-number text turned into something I couldn’t stop reading, and I found myself smiling the whole way through. Your humor feels so natural—like I’m sitting there listening to you tell the story in person—and those little offhand lines are what really got me.
I’ll be honest, I even caught myself thinking about the choices along the way and where it was all headed, which made it that much more engaging. It’s funny, a little bold, and just human enough to feel real underneath it all. I genuinely enjoyed this one.
Thanks Bob! It means a lot. My goal with this one was to be more organic, worried about situations, characters, dialogue without punching it up with jokes just to add more funny.
Finally read. Extremely great. If it weren't for a few Fox one-liners, I'd have thought this was written by someone else. Quite different from you. Shows great versatility. M.
Thanks Jer! My goal was to keep the witting more organic with less punching up with jokes.
Very nice. I’m with Bob on this one. I love your jokes, but this was special!
Thanks! You made my day!
True love and Napoleons! Addictive combination!
Hard to resist!
Regarding your disclaimer, apparently there were several of that kind of "Happy Endings." Great story.
Yep. Thanks for coming by to read it. I’m grateful for friends like you!
Nice story, Howie. The only unrealistic part was the wife’s reaction to him fessing up. My body would never be found. She’s from NJ. 🤣🤣
lol! I’m sure your body will be somewhere within the Meadowlands.
This one is pure Woody Allen: laughed my tuckes off!
Awww, thanks! But please put your tuchas back. Certain body functions require it.
LOL!
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From Julie Stern via email: This may be your best! I can see this turned into a rom-com easily.