"What the hell am I doing here?" Lt. Percival asked himself. He had spent a day in the hot unforgiving sun and now as it went down it took very little of the heat with it. Jack was parched, tired, and baked. The water in his canteen was lukewarm and basically undrinkable. His blue wool shirt was soaked with sweat. He leaned up against the barricade and looke...
"She will come?" "Of course. Her curiosity will bring her to us." Lady Marie looked at him. "Relax, my dear. Do not spook her with your eagerness." "Of course not. I will be patient, as always." Paulette turned the invitation over. An invitation to the estate, to the ball that night. The invitation included a beautiful gown, matching shoes, jewelry, and a...
Thanks to Lit reader Nus for suggesting the following story line. * How did she end up in this mess, Trish Saturn wondered. It wasn't that long ago when she'd been out promoting her fitness videos and doing personal training at a gym near her home. That route had been going nowhere, regardless of how hard she tried to make it work. Her boyfriend at the tim...
Martin had little sleep that night. Though his husband lay up next to him in the bed, he had gone to sleep after their last sexual encounter. Martin stared at the wall in the dark, his husbands arms wrapped around him. As tired as he was, it was very uncomfortable to sleep in the hair rollers, plus he was so emotionally upset, and his bottom hurt from the se...
It was well over an hour before Anna and Gretchen, looking for worse for wear, brought Mandy back to my chambers. Even after their laborious efforts the slave still had an essence of pig shit. Her skin was red and raw from the scrubbing and there was very little doubt that she was sore. "She still stinks of pig!" I shouted at the two. They explained that th...
Matilda spent the rest of that day in her room. She couldn't bear to face anyone. Frederick allowed the servants to bring her meal to her. The baroness didn't even speak to any of them. But she couldn't help noticing the quirky little smile each one of them had as they looked at her. After crying herself to sleep that night, Matilda awoke early the next day...
Introduction of sorts: It always surprises me when a classic fairy tale is remade--each time there are claims of it being something new but each time I am disappointed as it follows the same script: damsel in distress is saved by a handsome man. These cliche stories have been stripped of their darkness and what we now watch as the animated classics pale in...
The door opened unexpectedly and Constance walked into the room. Though it was only 10 am she had a scotch in her hand and was looking for her son. The Baron looked at her surprised, as she entered the room and gave a smile. "Hello mother. How nice to see you," the Baron said letting go of the hand of the pretty young girl standing next to him. "And who i...
Major Tremaine had been summoned to Army HQ almost as soon as he returned from the Indian camp. He hurried over yet he had been kept waiting almost 45 minutes. It was just another example of how this army was being run. He still believed in General Burgoyne but time was being wasted. It was almost the middle of June. They should on the Lake by now, threateni...
It was a year ago that I met her. If I had believed in love at first sight I would have recognized my twin soul that night. The villages were having a fair and I was made to tag along by the sole virtue of a strong back. My father was a blacksmith and had taken it upon himself to represent our towns metalworking. He was not at all skilled in his craft, but...