Winter comes to Ottawa, Ontario. Just another day for me. I look out the window from my apartment in the neighborhood of Vanier, right across from the Park. There's snow everywhere. Hard to believe that it was bitterly cold yet dazzlingly bright yesterday. I get up, and walk from the kitchen to make myself a cup of coffee. Another year has gone by, and I'm s...
As many readers can testify, "Amy's Smile," by jfinn, is one of the best-written and most gripping Romance series on this site. Readers hung on every word, waiting anxiously for each new chapter until November 28, 2003, when lovestruck Charlie caught the late night plane to begin a tortuous journey home to newly-gorgeous Amy. Charlie's been on the plane ever...
My culture is conservative, but that doesn't mean I have to be. Religion and culture are important, of course, but so is the individual. The name is Warsama "Sam" Osman, and I'm a tall, skinny and perpetually bald-headed young Black man of Somali descent living in metropolitan Calgary, province of Alberta. Why am I perpetually bald? It's a rare condition I'v...
I am not a rich man, at least not by the standards of the really rich. But I am doing quite well and I am economically secure. I have a job with a very good salary, and live alone in a small house. I do not have any worries about my economy, if I want to eat out on an ordinary Wednesday, or if I want to go traveling for vacation, I can do it without worrying...
If you're Black and male in North America you cast a giant shadow over everything and everyone around you, whether you're short like Kevin Hart, strong like Mike Tyson or tower over everyone else like Shaquille O'Neal. How you see yourself and how the world sees you are two completely different things. Sad but true. Take me for example. My name is Omar Saint...
Chapter 6 edited - final Tyrell Johnson was a medium-sized man of simple means. He did not aspire to fame, riches perhaps but that was unlikely to happen. He was a small fish in the underworld and that was ok with him. Tyrell ran a small piece of the numbers game, was a part-time loan shark, and part-time pimp. Other than a lack of morals his main vice was...
Kira had decided to take vacations in some exotic region with her husbands and her closest friends. India was no more exotic for her as Kyrhan had her accompanying him whenever he visited some place. Each time, they toured the city and, while her husband had official meetings where her attendance was not expected, she went on her own, first to the main Hindu...
Prologue: Moby's Dick He called me Ishmael. Well, truth be told, what the old codger said was, "ish my Elle here?" Which is not nearly as strong an opening line. I should know, I am the world's most well-read strip club bouncer. When it comes to openings, I've seen 'em all, except the dancers', because at Bam Bam's BoomBoom Room Gentleman's Club; they get...
I've got to dedicate this chapter to my two greatest friends, who always seem to find the holes in the storyline and share so much of their time and sound advice with me. Once Again I thank Todger65 for his editing work. ***** I'm in a hole and I can't get out. As a matter of fact I gave up trying three days ago, at least I'm fairly certain it has been th...
Even though they were not combat tested, Rhys felt like they were ready to start to take the battle to the Om. They had discussed how to proceed at some length. Rhys recognized they needed help on many fronts, but the immediate threat was the Om, and they needed intelligence and logistical support. So they had picked their target. Leslie Clarke was the dire...