Dorothy got a late call Tuesday afternoon from Tania to report to the president's office after work. She swore silently, why after work now? Wasn't it bad enough during working hours? Tania wore a mischievous smile as she led her into the president's inner office. She thought she knew the reason the sadistic woman was smiling. The whip was her way of venting...
He was too handsome for his own good. I'd long since recognized that it might very well lead to the end of us. My sore whipping arm was longing for an overweight sub with the face of a pug. Good thing for Precious, the rest of me was not. Eyeing the furtive glances of the young girl, I immediately knew she wasn't his type. She was submissive, for one thing....
"Erm, I think I need a Super Hero." "Sorry, all out of spandex; and wearing y-fronts on the outside of jeans is so last-year!" At least it was a better start than the last time Jennifer had stormed in demanding attention three weeks ago. The new high-flying project manager had quickly acquired a reputation for throwing her toys out of the pram, so the acce...
It is very hard for me to get used to the people of Thruxoris: they are loud, aggressive and arrogant. I should have guessed it: when I met Cholonto, that was made him different from the men of my home planet. Cholonto swept away my heart and I married him without thinking about how difficult it might be to get used to living a long way from home. I am star...
Nell strode down the corridor, lighting the way before her with a small, shuttered lamp. It was dark, long past midnight, and the town around her seemed to be asleep. But she knew better. She could feel wakefulness pulsing in the darkness around her. Wakefulness, and desire. In the town of Allbarone, magecraft was common. No one knew why power seemed to col...
The university library was a historical landmark, built in the 1870s and one of the few buildings in this part of the world using the particular technique of an exposed interior cast-iron skeleton. It was this construction technique, with its ornate pillars painted green, that allowed the central book hall, the oldest part of the building, to be built like a...
Ava rummaged through her closet frantically in search of something to wear. Letting out a hopeless sigh, she turned to the fresh dry cleaning. With a smile of satisfaction she removed the pink leather skirt. “Great”, she said aloud. Tonight she had to look gorgeous, after eight long years she was finally seeing her girlhood crush again. Ava frowned as she th...
David Spencer had hidden his ancestry well. No one in the states knew that he was a direct descendant of the infamous Dr. Frankenstein, who created the creature that wrought fear in the people of the tiny village in Transylvania. And resulted in the tragic deaths of the scientist, his assistant, and the creature. No one knew that Frankenstein's fiancee had l...
Damon had waited as patiently as he could, but five years was long enough. He refused to sit on the sidelines any longer. He wanted her. Now that she was free from her marriage, he wasn't going to waste any more time pondering about what could be. As he stood outside her room, he took in a deep breath. No matter what happened that night, he wasn't leavin...
Three Time dragged by while the normal events happened around me, coffee drunk, breakfast eaten. Then the family was gone and I sat to wait, one eye on a seemingly unmoving clock till ten after the hour when the annunciator chimed and her visage lit up the screen. I bounded to the door. This morning she was dressed in casual clothes, her skirt shorter than...