Nic turned to look at Victoria. "Nic...shit, I'm sorry. What an asshole," Victoria said, shaking her head in disbelief. That prick Marsh just lied to her. She felt like a fool. "I got nervous and a little scared that he was going to try to cause problems at your office, so I let him stay here instead." "Are you okay?" Nic asked, rolling up his sleeves. He...
This is another part of the story of a beautiful American businesswoman (Elaine) who comes to Jamaica to relax and eventually ends up working in an island whorehouse to pay off a debt. The story began when her husband, Paul, and she arrived on the weekend to relax and enjoy some time together before Paul has to leave on a business trip visiting several of th...
Author's note: This story is a direct sequel to 'The Strangeness Within,' which I placed in Novels & Novellas, though it could also have been in this category. This tale won't make complete sense without reading the first book. The setting is (almost) our world, during the mid 1990s. The stories are probably best described as somewhere between fantasy and s...
The theme is "nautical." That usually means a sailboat and the Windwards . But, I did that last year. So, I decided to go a totally different direction – canal barges. I got to know those things during my time in the UK. Always wanted to try one; never had the opportunity. But, that's what imagination's for. So, here's my contribution. Also, I'm mindful of...
... Chapter One: Signs As the houses and barns became more and more spread out along the countryside, the road beneath me got rougher. I began to relax as I distanced myself from the debacle that was this last weekend, and let my foot lean on the accelerator a little harder. Road narrows. That sign was accurate, as the shoulders of the two lane highway gr...
Author's note This story is a sequel to my 'Cordelia's Rebound Girl' story and is also set during season 3 of Buffy when both the characters and actresses were over 18. *** Buffy's POV This is certainly weird. Me walking to Faith's motel to pick her up for patrol. Normally it's the other way around. Normally she would be picking me up from my hous...
October 1991 The collision was momentous. As the dark Ford pick up truck swerved into the opposite lane of traffic, the driver of the car in the opposite lane stepped frantically at her break petal, desperately trying to get out of the way of the on coming truck. It was no use. The truck hit the small sedan head on. The sound of metal screeching against m...
Long ago, there was a comics experiment called the "New Universe". It was the forerunner of modern-day diversions like "Heroes" - ordinary people suddenly gaining powers or traits outside the human range, with (at least, ostensibly) realistic consequences. Sadly, commercial pressures drove them from that core vision, and they had the 'Comics Code' to worry a...
//: 2105, City of Minneapolis. University of Minnesota. Troy hunched his head down, ducking out of the physics lab. First his breath frosted in the early winter air. Then he realized the sky was dark, and checking his wristwatch he found that it was a little past one in the morning. He shoved his right hand into a pocket, shivering in the cold despite the...
Prologue My breathing became heavier with every step I took down the incessant corridor; my legs weakened at the thought to go on, and though I was close to collapsing on my knees, I continued to pursue my motivation onwards. 'There's no way I can go on like this anymore...' By now I had reached the point where succeeding was just about impossible with the...