Chapter Nineteen Intrepid - 3754 A.D. Naked and hairless. The shame of it. Isaac had never been so since he was a baby. The humiliation was torment in itself. But Isaac could comfort himself that he wasn't the only one so demeaned. All around him and equally immobilised on the grassy lawns of this strange Elysian but Godless world were others like him: def...
(1, 757 words) England, October 31st, 1641. The three old hags - Magda, Miriam and Mary - sit in their cave, huddling round the fire. They are toasting a horny toad, what might be their last meal - Matthew Hopkins, the Witch Finder General, and his men are on their trail. The women are exhausted already from the chase, drained it seems of their magical pow...
Colin Goss was an unremarkable young man. Average in stature, average looks and distinctly average in his academic abilities. Having felt the weight of expectation from his two very beautiful and intelligent sisters and a mother who demanded nothing but the best, he felt doomed by his very biological make up. Colin didn't date girls, he didn't have friends...
The bell sounded seven times, letting angels know their shift was over for the week. "Hallelujah!" rang out a few happy voices, and melodious laughter followed. Virta rolled her eyes but smiled as she watched her co-workers fly out the door. She twisted a lock of midnight hair between the slender fingers of one hand while she browsed the latest job openin...
Thundering over the Tundra on the back of a horse was not my idea of a good time, but my dream was riding me. I had to know and, because of that, I had at least two warriors and a shaman around me as we headed across the barren steppes towards a small village. The smell hit us first. Not the sound, but the smell. At least THAT was normal. The wind carried t...
It was Naomi's idea, she said she thought we all looked beat. We had been traveling by day and gigging nightly, away from home for eight months solid. Mike had just come back full time, but was already exhausted. She said we needed downtime, we needed a break. Mac said he agreed and it wasn't as if we needed the money, after the record deal and plugging the...
I was fifty six a widow and for many months I was deeply disturbed and on the verge of loosing it completely. Then my savior came into my life. Big, old, thick through the shoulders and a little pot belly Denny came in with a bang to sweep me out of depression and into a life of love, devotion and lasting, ever lasting passion. It came in a flash and my past...
Author's note: While the stories in this series read best in order, they also stand alone. Just to make sure that you've got the basics, here is a very brief recap. I hope that you will read and enjoy them all! In Part 1, the girls cast a spell giving Nicole absolute power over men. In Part 2, Nicole seduced the pizza guy and he agreed to return after work....
Or rather...how to not care about everyone else's ideal story and create your own fantasy on paper, on computer, online. I know. You're cringing right now, thinking "gah, another 'writer' who thinks she can teach ME how to be, well, a writer!" The nerve! I'm grinning now, thinking of reactions like that. This isn't a story or how-to about how to write the...
Earlier, I told you about my experience when I returned from the visit to the ski resort in the Alps. You will remember that I told you that one of my dad’s buddies had arranged to take his son, Mario, and me to the resort with him. It had been great in the mountains and the skiing and bobsledding had been incredible. Mario, and I had used every opportunity...