"This is way too much, Liz! There's no way I can accept this! How much did this cost you?" "Don't worry about it, the company paid for it. Think of it as a Christmas bonus. I told Gary he could either pay for a home service android, hire you a full-time assistant, or let you have a mental breakdown from overwork. And after we went over the numbers, the andr...
The Fieldings A Chronology and Family Tree BY SW MO HERMIT UPDATED MAY 2019 added No 7, Warrior's Refuge I hope this helps those of you who wanted to know an order in which to read these stories and the partial family tree of my characters. I will try to remember to update this submission as/if I write more Fielding stories. Many of the stories in the St...
Originally, Mark had been planning to visit the "safehouse" again the following weekend and meet with Stephanie. Holly had made him reconsider. They had decided to meet again Friday night, this time at Holly's apartment, a rather smallish but neat little place on the fourth floor of an old-looking building in one of the less respectable parts of the city....
When Ryan got home from his doctor's appointment, he ran in the house, found his mother shelling butterbeans and without thinking said, "I got a job today at Dr. Larkin's office." And then on to the next subject, "Mom, what are you cooking tonight...I'm hungry." She laughed and said, "That's great; tell me about the new job." "I will later," He said. "OK...
Chapter 1: The Vampire, The Witch and the Coven. ———— Ana Castegarde took a deep breath and resisted the urge to scream. No good had ever come of her losing her temper, and she knew that the moment it happened she'd automatically be railroaded by one Lola Burbank, the coven's enforcer and an annoyingly confident High Priestess. Lola had joined their...
"They have my daughter!" Varian slammed his fist on the table. "They have three of my children, and all of my grandchildren." Grogek growled. "I will go!" "Both of you, stop." Elunara waved a hand. "They have OUR children, but we cannot leave Stormwind completely unprotected, and we cannot have the entirety of Stormwind show up in the raid. We need a preci...
Copyright Oggbashan October 2019 The author asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work. This is a work of fiction. The events described here are imaginary; the settings and characters are fictitious and are not intended to represent specific places or living persons. I have realised that I am NEVER going to complete all my part-wr...
Hi all, this is a simple story about the cost of finding and ultimately losing, the love of your life. A huge thanks to 'One of The crowd' for all his help and assistance with those constant grammatical issues I seem to love. As before, I welcome and look forward to your thoughts The One True Love! I knew from the first moment I saw you, that you were...
On a warm Friday afternoon, Jake "Action Jackson" Baxter stalked like a tiger pacing his cage. Jake was ready to sell a new car to every customer who walked through the showroom door; positive they would leave with a set of keys and a stiff monthly payment and a smile on their face. Jake was the top dog at Costa Mesa BMW. He knew it, the owner knew it, an...
NORRIX Norrix zipped his bag closed and hefted it to his shoulder with a grunt. He didn't need much—a couple changes of clothes, and human identification, just in case. The bag was still heavy though, with currency for Ashana. He met Stryx and Ember in the garage and drove the short distance to the airfield where the Vitiate kept their jet in the on-prope...