My thanks to ErikThread for his skillful editing and helpful suggestions. Any errors are mine. * It was mid-April when we boarded the ferry for the mainland and headed to my parents' home. I phoned them in advance and told them I wanted them to meet my "girlfriend," Astrid Rasmussen. Mom was immediately interested and wanted more information about her. I g...
CONVERSATIONS WITH A MAGE parallels the CARTER BROTHERS series. Pat DeVallera has retired from the New Orleans Police Department and convinced Lucius Carter and Lucius' wife Astrid to tell him the truth about the magic and supernatural events that surrounded the Carters in the Twentieth Century. This story follows MAGE AND SPIRIT. WARNING: THIS EPISODE DESC...
Author's Note: This story is situated in Canada and hence the different spelling and word choices. I hope it doesn't interfere with your enjoyment. It's the story of a man who has a hard time accepting good fortune. As always, I am indebted to Erik Thread for his skillful, insightful and helpful editing. Any errors are mine alone. * Chapter 1: My name i...
Party Beach Visitors' Complex, Crescent City, Sherman's Planet, Stardate 50401.14: The sun blazed down unrelentingly onto the wide stretches of white sands lapped at by the blue-green ocean along its uneven edges. And Alpha Squad's Engineering Cadet Tori Emoto stepped out from under the shade of the Promenade, drew back her locks of bleached hair, looked up...
Star-Gazer Temple: By far the highest and most unattainable Temple in Craglorn. Very few people ever got to see it, let alone live in it. Yet, there were four priestesses that had made their way, protected it, and everything it stood for all their lives. Each of them had a rank that dignified what their purposes and burden was. The High priestess protected a...
This is part 3 of series that may perhaps be better enjoyed from the start. *** Dinner was in full swing by the time Sarah threw on her beach cover and made her way back up to camp. Ted and Astrid had cooked up a big pot of spaghetti and the children were tackling it with gusto. Ted poured her a big glass of wine as she took her place beside him, still da...
This one is only a shorty, in fact, I had to cheat a little to get it up to 750 words. No sex, sorry, and it is mostly dialogue. It was inspired by Imhapless's fine tale, 'Tradimento'. I don't know why everyone raves about how hard exactly 750 word stories are, this one was easy. Well... Okay, I did cheat a bit. My thanks to CTC once again for the ideas...
When I awoke the next morning, I was once again facing toward her. The sun was up and sunlight coming through the sheer curtains gave the room a pale cream tint. Astrid was facing me and once again I marveled at her beauty. My thoughts went back to the previous night and the breakthrough I thought we achieved. I had challenged her about her ongoing conflic...
Hatha looked down at me and shook her head. "Dry your eyes Mistress. He has returned. Roth. My heart both sang and sank with that one word. * * * * * Hatha bathed me with special intent. This time with helpers. I sat in the copper tub surrounded by a cloud of black gowns. There were only four but it felt like so many more, their presence darkly omniprese...
(Berk) {Narrator's POV} Fishlegs was Running as fast as his big Bucket of Lard of a Body would take him, he'd just received an Encrypted Message from Astrid's Older Brother. Staolkroer hadn't been back to berk in over Ten years, After being Exiled for Protecting A Nest of Young Dragons from Slaughter, and if what the Message said was true, he wasn't coming a...