Substitute Teacher by David Connor and E.F. Mulder Thank you to our wonderful editor and also JM. I was a substitute teacher, a difficult but also rewarding and fun experience. Here’s to all teachers and also the subs! Chapter 1 Thanksgiving Recess The sign outside was supposed to read Doherty Motel. “f**k me!” The loose O and H placards flapping from stiff winds in a heavy California rainstorm made Stone think “derty,” which certainly fit the feeling and the mood of random s*x with a stranger. “f**k me hard.” “Working on it, dude.” The man he’d brought back from the bar was no ordinary Joe, unless that was his name. Whatever it said on the guy’s drivers’ license, he was the opposite of Stone, who considered himself as beige as the cheap motel’s decor. Neither particularly tall, n

