Yet another conference. A long one – six full days of uninterrupted rapid-fire presentations: his idea of hell, since most speakers wouldn't be worth listening to, yet he always felt compelled to pay attention and give them a hearing. Over the top of his coffee-cup, the man studied the early-arrivals at the reception area: twenty minutes to go until the...
Hi folks, sorry there was no story last week and thanks to everyone Who wrote to find out why. The main reason was the power outages during the fourth of July week. I wrote large chunks of this story on my iPhone but still had no way to send it. Thanks as usual to mikothebaby for editing this one. I really appreciate how hard her job is after looking at a st...
biscuit = (US) cookie Chapter Six I don't know if anyone else has had this experience, but after the Easter weekend when we had announced our engagement to the families and I had told Zena on the Tuesday, things felt different somehow at work. Before Penny met me I had dates, but always had to work hard to impress, and I think I said before, they did not...
Chapter 1 – The Temptation I knew it was unethical. I also knew that if Beth and Steve ever found out, I'd not only lose my two best friends, but undoubtedly my girlfriend as well. Regardless of the consequences though, my willpower couldn't hold out. All thoughts of proper moral conduct were brushed aside, as easily as the wave of a hand might shoo away a...
"Taylor, do you know how many women your age are no longer acting? Here you are at 42, and you keep getting offered role after role! I'd give my right arm just to have more shot, and you're sitting here telling me you're thinking of passing on one this big? Give me a break already!" "I am grateful to still be getting steady work. It's just that it's not muc...
Spoiler Tags: Reincarnation, Harem, Magic, Soul Mates, Kitsune, Monster Girl, Transformation, Orc, Adventure, Dragoness, Anal ***** Sunshine spilled across my face as I opened my eyes. I was sprawled across a dirt path that led to the front door to a small cabin like house, confused on how I'd gotten here, the last thing I remembered was Olivia busting t...
Up until today I would have told you that I had the best possible life. I was married to a wonderful man, I had a job I really loved and I worked with a terrific group of people. My husband, Jeff Parker, and I met through mutual friends shortly after I had finished college. We've been married for 6 years and, as far as I'm concerned, they have been 6 years o...
This story is submitted as part of the "One Night in XXX" story event—a collection of stories that all take place in a single night in a specific place. "You're going to kill us both, Zhang," I told the cabbie in his native Mandarin as he whipped across two lanes to pass a Maserati on Al Asayel Street. "You don't want to die all alone, do you?" Zhang asked...
Copyright © 2017 NOTE: To keep things relatively realistic, I sometimes use terms that are common to the photographic and arts industry but may not be understood by others. In this story I use, "TFP." The literal translations is; "Time For Prints." Now days, of course, we rarely make prints anymore, we make digital images but the term has stayed the same....
Note from the Author: I apologize to all my readers for the long delay in getting Ch. 10 online. Life has a nasty habit of intervening when you are busy making other plans it seems. Chapter 11 will mark the final chapter of this story and I hope to have it online by the end of the summer. Happy reading! * The first person to see us as we made our way acro...