Hilary and Caroline were both riding instructors at the Abbeyway Equestrian Centre. Hilary was twenty-two, tall, slim and well built drawing admiring glances from male visitors to the stables. Her piercing blue eyes and almost model features were matched with a body honed by hours of hard work, mucking-out, riding and working with horses. Caroline was almost...
The grass was slippery and wet as she ran across the back lawn. The sun had set over an hour ago, and the moon glistened off the ground. The light afternoon rain left the entire world bathed in the scent of lush vegetation. The grass, just cut that morning, stuck to her feet as she walked up the wooden ramp to the door of the old barn. She reached up to the...
Turning and riding back up the road I stopped where I had fired on the soldier from and collected the casings from the cartridges I had spent. There couldn't be too many Henry's in this area so why leave a trail for someone to follow? Riding back to the body I looked down at the corpse and silently said a prayer that I would be forgiven for what I had done t...
"Well how about that? Frankies! They're playing our song!" laughed Kathy as the DJ announced another 'golden oldie' for the gyrating mass of teenagers on the marquee dance floor. In this case, it was 'Two Tribes' by Frankie Goes To Hollywood. "Shall we show them how it's done?" laughed James, nodding towards the dance floor. "No, I think we've embarrassed...
Jennifer's story Mark and I had been wrapped up in a big blanket, standing in his living room, after having been caught out in the rain, kissing and cuddling to get warm, when I just had to have him. I took his hand and told him, "I know an even better way to get warm," and led him into his, into our, tiny bedroom. Mark's a lot bigger than me, but he didn't...
Thankfully it was warm for a Mid-Winter Saturday morning. The 25 minute drive out to the property they were looking at had been picturesque for LJ and Hope, especially with the sun steadily rising to the East as they headed out of town. They both had to remind themselves as tranquil as the trip had been, it was done at 8am on a Saturday morning when most any...
Our Friday evening began like most others that we had shared lately-fighting the five o'clock traffic, rushing home to grab our bags and head out to the farm. My husband and I had been looking after his parents' place since illness had struck them and they were no longer capable of handling the five hundred acres and the chores that went with the land. We wo...
"I am stuffed," the turkey said, "completely stuffed, can't move, couldn't eat another pellet. What do they put in those things anyway?" "Calm down Tarq, what's rustled your feathers this morning?" "Oh, I dunno, Tina, it all seems so wrong. I mean, I love three square meals every day but this constant supply of fast food is relentless." "You don't have to...
It was a cool, grey Summer afternoon. Adeline had spent the day checking off items from the farm's 'To Do' list. In the stable, she spent her time scrubbing off dirt patches from Lark, one of the family mares. Adeline brushed one of the long, blond hairs that had strayed from her braid out of her eyes. Bailey was supposed to be back from his afternoon ride s...
As long as I can remember, my parents owned a cabin up in the mountains. It was a nice size cabin but the best part was we had a huge yard, about 25 acres, near the river. As a family, we would spend many weekends camping. I am the oldest child in the family, one sister in the middle, and one brother who is the youngest. We get along most of the time but we...