"You absolute bastard!" Lou snarled, stepping forward -- but a pair of Federal marines in power armor were there to grab him and slam him back down into a chair. Their metal gauntlets were shockingly gentle, considering their enhanced strength, but Lou still felt terribly impotent in their grip. His hands tightened into fists and he glared at Admiral Bosch,...
As I was absent-mindedly getting ready for dinner in my luxury hotel room, I ruminated about how my life was going. I thought that I had gotten over my ex-wife's cheating, but I realized that I still had some form of condition like PTSD. I was chagrined when my therapist first brought that up – I mean, come on, how was dealing with your spouse's cheating in...
After completing "The Diary of Jewel Delacroix" I was approached via E-mail by Rachael Ricci Swede and asked if I would consider writing a story idea she had. After a few emails I was intrigued by her idea and agreed to write it. This is an original story by Barbara Jean Goodhead. Written in collaboration with Ideas and Plot Points by Rachael Ricci Swede....
There was an announcement over the PA system "Ladies and Gentlemen would you please make you way to your seats. The auction will begin in ten minutes." I was in the Gimble and Gimble Auction house for one of their art sales. I walked around the gallery with a glass of domestic sparkling wine looking at some of the art for sale. I was looking at large painti...
The Nudist Camp And a wannabe Gerhard Riebicke Dave, Suzi and Muriel have appeared in my other "Dave" stories. I've changed the title to freshen it up a bit and take it in a new direction. I've tried to provide background within the narrative of this story, but if you'd like to read the others, please do. Feedback, suggestion and votes always welcome. Tha...
Mr. Mom I'm Chris Harrington, the forty-eight year old son and fourth child of Carl, a corporate attorney, and Mary, a nurse. An earthquake sized tremor nearly destroyed our family home when, in the end of junior year of high school, I announced that I didn't want to attend college. My normally talkative parents were at first stunned to silence and then pro...
Lemons to Lemonade-with a Splash of Lime II Roxy worked as an office manager for a large local construction company. She had a master's degree in Economics and had taken the current job, fresh out of college, as a way of gaining valuable work experience. She was now on her seventh year. She had slowly discovered that her expertise could be very valuable to...
* You can thank COVID-19 for this finally getting posted. * Fera stepped into a small tunnel, built only to accommodate a single person walking through comfortably. Along the tunnel were doorways to a few other rooms like the one she had been in, though empty and bare of furnishings. The tunnel let out into a round, domed chamber, all carved from the same...
Wedding Day The guys awoke the next morning at their usual times and did the chores. Now that Atlantis had a pretty decent population Joe and Kat had taken on boarding horses, riding lessons and, of course, trail rides. Their ranch business had taken off quicker than they had expected, but because of Atlantis' climate and lack of dangerous wildlife, pretty...
Chapter 4 : The Interview James sat on the simple wooden chair beside the desk, his wrists still cuffed behind him. A uniformed officer stood beside the door, ignoring him. Her tailored and laundered uniform contrasted with the shabby surroundings. Her jet black pencil skirt showed no speck of dust, her short sleeved shirt bright white, pressed and cut to...