"You cannot put it off any longer, my friend. If you do not choose for Asu soon, the priests will take him. The choice will no longer be yours—or Asu's. He is of age for starting the life chosen for him. He cannot do other than meet his destiny." "I know that, Sargon, it is just so hard . . ." Baltasar, the wood merchant, was sitting at a table outside of...
*Wish me luck on the contest! All characters are 18+* * I looked down between my shoes. I could see a candy wrapper and an empty firecracker casing floating in the dirty puddle between them. I reached down and picked them up, tossing them into an empty bag with the few kernels of kettle corn that I hadn't finished. It had been raining regularly, but it h...
Bruce climbed down out of the truck with his two mugs in hand. He trudged across the parking lot where many rigs were parked side by side grumbling as the drivers slept. Each on was lit up with marker lights, some more than others. The amber and red of them, in the truck stop parking lot, seemed to match that of a small town at Christmas. And it seemed a da...
Tannery. A place where animal hides are tanned; the workshop of a tanner. That didn't help. Tanning. The art or process by which a hide is tanned; a sound spanking. What? An article - Tanning (Leather) Spanking and leather. I felt like everything I found out about Levi just complicated things and made him harder to understand. I was waist-deep in rese...
You're never too old to learn something. For example, I learned that, on Lee's scale of one—to the most important thing in the world—spending time with hot men trumped buying furniture for work. A mistake I will never make again. Me being tricked into attending Penn's birthday didn't go over well. Lee threw a fit the only way he knew how, dramatically with a...
Comments, critiques and tips are welcome. Damon Reid vs. Tristan Thomas *** Damon heard the sound of a motorcycle and smiled. Tristan was in. "Tell you what," he interrupted the ramblings of his accountant, "let's do this in the study. You do know where it is don't you?" "Of course Damon." The accountant quickly turned and headed towards the study. Dam...
"You sure about this?" Evan asked, hand tightly gripping the strap of his bag. It was the next day in school and somehow, I had managed to convince Evan to join my group at lunch. I mean, I was sure the library was fascinating and all, but friends are better, right? At that moment, we were standing in the hallway leading to the cafeteria, not a single studen...
Comments, critiques and tips are welcome. Kyle Parker vs. Aaron Hunter Dedicated to cannd Revelation! ***** Aaron woke up to the delicious smell of coffee and instantly sat up. "Wow, wow, easy baby." He heard Kyle's chuckle before he turned to see him sitting on the edge of the bed, dressed in sweatpants and a t-shirt, with a tray filled with breakfas...
Comments, critiques and tips are welcome. Kyle Parker vs. Aaron Hunter Dedicated to Hutchison12 Reconciliation! ***** "Why the fuck is he not waking up?" Kyle growled. "It's been nine fucking hours already." Kyle felt like kicking at something. "Calm down, Kyle." Michael said calmly. "He will wake up...eventually." "What the fuck do you mean by even...
Cursed Gift 2: Taken copyright 2008 Patricia Osmundsen Author's Note: If you haven't read Cursed Gift, you might want to, before you read this. This is a sequel, after all, and rather than recap events and explanations, I've simply carried on from the first story. If you did read Cursed Gift ... well, I edited it, added a scene or two, and a bit mor...