WEDNESDAY (at Bargain Mart) "I hate this place," Peter mumbled, as he stocked cans of soup. Peter used to love his job at Bargain Mart. He would show up early or work late and take on extra duties just to help out - but not anymore. Since Sunday morning when Alicia broke up with him, he had already missed two days of work and he had shown up late every day...
Prologue It's sort of hard to explain how it all happened. Well, maybe it isn't. The actual Devil was involved after all. Anything we still didn't understand about the situation could easily be chalked up to, "He's the goddamned Devil and he's evil and he's magic." So we'll just have to go with that for now. I don't really have another satisfying explanatio...
"...and to my grandniece Elizabeth, I give my trunk filled with old books." The words from grandaunt Sarah's will echoes in Lizzie's head, as she looked at the old, large trunk in front of her. She'd had it brought to her flat from grandaunt Sarah's attic. Sarah knew she loved books. Lizzie couldn't wait to see what treasures the trunk contained. She knelt...
"So, this is for real?" His skeptical and struggling voice is low, gravelly—his vocal cords, inflamed. His nervous chuckle meant to highlight male confidence; instead, conveys agitation. As intended, his initial sure-footedness dropped with his jeans, which, piled loosely about his ankles, makes him appear what he is—alone, foolish. I neglect to answer...
"Really, Mr. Ballard, why should we bargain for something we already can get for free?" Mr. Smith asked. This wasn't going the way Stanley Ballard imagined! When he stepped through the doors of Lucifer, Satan, Beelzebub, and Smith, he had hoped to at least present his case. After all, weren't souls the most valuable thing a person had? Surely, they were wor...
I hope this is a satisfying ending for those who've stuck with story :) I've also spent the past few months re-going the whole story as long absences in posting meant it was inconsistent and clumsy in many places - it's up on Amazon if anyone is interested under the same title by Amanda Rieu *** Lara woke to the sound of crunching gravel and birdsong. Th...
Our producers had determined to stage Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare, one of the strangest of all his plays. The wild boy Claudio is sentenced to death for having sex by the uptight bureaucrat Angelo. Hypocritical and corrupt, Angelo offers to let Claudio go free, if he, Angelo, can have sex with Isabella, Claudio's sister. Isabella, of course, i...
The girls were slack jawed for a few seconds, when I heard Annette yelling when I got to the bottom of the steps -- our suite is on the second floor -- "Dana! You can't go out like that!" But I was already on my way, wearing my flip-flops, some fancy earrings, my dog-tag necklace with the suite keys added to it, and a smile! They all ran down, and surrounde...
Please use the "Start Game" Button for the intended experience. If you don´t, many decisions will lead to unlogical results. The cause of action depends heavily on your stats. „Listen to me, my little girl, it is important that you understand: The world is a dark place. Mankind can be cruel. They don´t intend to; they just can`t help it. They are f...
When she arrived back home her father wasn't in. She was eager to ask him what it was that Charles had wanted to see him about. She sat in the sitting room with a piece of embroidery trying to pass the time, but she was so distracted that she couldn't concentrate on what she was doing. She had started out trying to decide whether or not she would be happy if...