Lyn and I lived parallel lives for seventeen years, the same school, same class and same church, etc. After high school I went interstate to college and it wasn't until we were in our mid twenties that we met again; a blind date arranged by mutual friends. One would describe Lyn as pretty rather than a great beauty; she ditched her heavy spectacles for a m...
This is a Halloween contest story. Too many readers don't vote. Please vote. I need the support of your vote. * Do you know what the most frightening thing on Earth is? Go ahead and guess. Think about it. I bet you don't know what the most frightening thing on Earth is. What is the most frightening thing on Earth? Is it something living or something dead...
Morgan always dreamed of a big, strong, magnificently muscled stallion being her lover. Hard to the touch all over, brawny, able to protect her so she'd feel safe in his powerful arms. She longed to strum his cut abs like a banjo, abs that were armor-hard plates that could shrug off a sledgehammer to the gut without a wince. Her boyfriend, Roger, was nothi...
I know a sixteenth [rune]: If I see a girl With whom it would please me to play, I can turn her thoughts, can touch the heart Of any fair-armed woman. I know a seventeenth: If I sing it, The young girl will be slow to forsake me. -- Words of the Most High, from the Elder Edda, c.800-1000 A.D. *** The bars in Reykjavik aren't notably different from the ba...
CHAPTER 1 Susan Lewis and husband Reg came home from the wedding, feeling tired, drunk and very much lighter in the pocket after the big wedding that had seen their twenty-seven-year old daughter Tina marry her childhood sweetheart Alan Nichols. It was a marriage that lasted nine months, culminating with Tina absolutely sick of the jerk. He'd crashed his c...
This story has its beginning around fifteen years back when I was twenty two years old. Our extended family owned a seaside bach in Coromandel on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand. The bach (holiday home) had been owned by my now deceased grandparents and was now held in a family trust to ensure it wasn't sold off, as beachside property value...
Chance Encounter Jetlag, the dryness of the air in the cabin after twelve hours flying from Tokyo, and the boredom of the long overnight flight had taken their toll and he was looking forward to a good long hot shower and some proper food as soon as he cleared customs. Not that the food in the first-class section wasn't acceptable, in truth it was quite pa...
Something a little less intense and a little more lighthearted than the usual. Thanks to blackrandi for the invite. Thanks to blackrandi, sbrooks103x, Bebop03, stev2244 and the ever-so-lovely Nora for the beta reads and editing. This would be unreadable without all of them. There are others who prefer not to be named; you know who you are and you know you ar...
"Not a word to her, okay? Mark asked. "See if Jamal and Chris are on board with this little scheme of mine and call me back and let me know." "You got it boss. I can already tell you they will be but I will check. How long are you planning to be there? Rashad asked. "I'm planning on a ten day vacation. I'm hoping you guys can stay for most of it. I don't w...
I was surprised by how tired I found myself as I settled down into the soft sand, warmed from another day of full sun and from the dull, red glow of the bonfire, which was now dying down into embers and small, crackling flames. Emily relaxed down next to me, leaning her head against my shoulder as we leant back against a long piece of driftwood dragged close...