Ted was sitting at the kitchen table having a cup of coffee when Gwen came through the door. "Sweetheart! I'm so sorry you had to experience such tragedy yesterday. But, I'm extremely proud of the way you handled the situation. I would've come to the hospital with Paula and Lisa, but Kate was here with some of her friends. They were all pretty shook up and y...
Chapter 9 We walked through the portal back to the study and I dropped my smile as the tense emotions in the room reached me. Just in two hours huh? "What happened," I asked in a tone of defeat. Simone said, "The Felesians have invaded again. They do it every couple of months, trying to get their people back." Felesians? Feles was feline in Latin, were t...
A big thank you to my editors, LadyCibelle and Techsan, who always make my stories a better read. I should mention that I make changes after their edits so any mistakes I take total responsibility for. * Jim's Story: I grew up in a small town about a hundred miles from the big city. I guess I lived a somewhat sheltered life. We weren't rich but we didn't...
The below offerings are just three story fragments I was working on and sort of lost the way forward with. I thought I would just offer them as they are - one after the other. The stories have no connection with each other, and the characters in one story fragment bear no resemblance to the characters in another story fragment. Dear gentle reader, a word o...
WARNING TO READERS - This is a long, rambling, multi-part story and VERY British. The individual chapters will make more sense if read in sequence. Chapter 12: Family Business The rest of the week was pretty routine. Maggie and I interviewed a further eight candidates between Tuesday and Wednesday and recruited three more people onto the team. The first...
The ending of "Leaving It All Behind" left most readers wondering, "why?". Kate told me we should rewrite it, this time with the ending she wanted. (I think her exact words were, "You and your damn film noir endings!") This story mostly stays the same until the last three scenes, so no need to read "Leaving... ", this is a standalone story. We hope you lik...
A daughter takes over Ayesha was shopping locally with her mother, getting to know the new area. She hoped not to run into anyone from the new school while wearing traditional Pakistani clothes. Although, while wearing an abbaya and head scarf, there wasn't much chance she would be recognised. The clothing completely covered her, leaving just her face parti...
That old adage about avoiding mixing business with pleasure? It's a bloody good warning; one that I should have paid attention to. And on that note, may I very strongly recommend that you never, ever send the builder your wife is fucking to your parent's pub to do some work for them? My parents are pains in the arse. Once they have an idea in their head, t...
My father and grandfather had joined us in my office as we talked with his Beta. Jessi was being examined in the Pack Clinic along with her guards and my Grandmother. I could feel my father's frustration and anxiousness. "Dad, you're not going to do much more here. You and Grandpa need to go home and be with your mates. Things here are going to progress just...
Chapter 16 -- The Bus Driver Kim had to return to work at the music store immediately following Malka's punishment. Eloisa entered Dukov's office to remind Kim that she was needed at the customer service counter. She stopped to look at Malka's prostrate body and collection of dark welts and bruises. She was awestruck by the severity of Malka's punishment, a...