Roxanne Ward stepped off the elevator on the ninth floor of the McKenna building, promising herself that she would stop feeling sorry for herself that she had to work tonight. Because she did, she was going to miss the company's legendary Christmas party, held this year at the skylight lounge up on the twenty-ninth floor. It was an event that people waited f...
I woke up, and tried to open my eyes, but all I could see was darkness. What was going on? Was it so early that the sun had not come up yet? I tried to move my hand, to rub my eyes, hopefully to get a better view, but I found myself unable to move my hands. Then I realised I was bound ...bound by a soft-feeling fabric. My heart was pounding in my chest, my l...
We woke early. I had slept well, and on rising slipped away to the Synagogue to pray. As I knelt I heard a voice: "Why do you seek me here child? Do you not know where I am to be found?" Then I heard another voice, one I had heard before: "It is time to complete your journey!" It was the Holy Virgin Then came a third voice, one I recognised as she began...
I was late, dammit! Any other morning but this one. I ran into the station just as they were announcing the departure of the train. I scrambled through the barrier thankful that at least I already had my ticket. It was just starting to move as I managed to open the door. I flung my overnight bag on board and climbed in after it. I slammed it shut after me an...
Harriet Hotter and the Sorcerer's Bone Ch.14 Please do not read if under 18 years of age or offended by sexually explicit stories and situations. (c) 2003 Couture *********** Harriet had learned how to work the system there at Frogwarts. She was making good money, she had a cat that was helping her search the castle, and she had obtained a map of the Fr...
"You don't look like a health guru." Laura turned from the luggage claim conveyor belt and looked down at the young Frenchwoman who had pronounced "guru" like it tickled her nose to say it. "You are Laura Thacker, oui?" "Yes," Laura said, with a bit more snap than she'd wanted. She was exhausted from the flight and wanted nothing more than a hot bath, a b...
Dawn was just breaking when Sherri woke in desperate need of a pee. Carefully, so as not to waken Naomi, she slid out from under her duvet and made her way outside to the dunny. The morning air was cold and damp, and incredibly still. She left the corrugated iron door wide open so that she could watch the sun coming up behind the Cavalli Islands and sat and...
It was early in the morning when we awoke to the alarm blaring out its annoying tone. Every morning was a struggle for me to keep from launching it across the room, smashing it against the wall, throwing it out the window and praying it was ran over by a traveling band of African Elephants or simply putting it in the microwave until it malted and caught fire...
It was about a week after she had answered the ad that she got the call. "Samantha? This is Lynn, I placed an ad in your Campus Newspaper and you sent me an email?" the voice on the other end of the connection said into her ear. Definitely not a Southerner, Sami quickly judged by the lack of accent. "Yes Lynn, but please, I'd prefer if you called me Sami,...
Christine stopped at the gate and waited, knowing it wouldn't be long. It wasn't. The door to the guard shack opened and Jon, the day shift Head of Security, stepped toward the car. "Hello, Ms. McCarver," he said after Christine rolled down the window. "Hi, Jon. I thought I told you to call me Christine." "You did, and your Dad wants me to call you 'Ms. M...