We'd been ordered to The Rung Sat Special Zone for an operation, the conclusion of which proved to be special indeed. I had just turned 21 and was assigned as a gunner aboard a 50-foot river assault/patrol boat in Viet Nam . . . essentially, a motor yacht with guns. After four days of assaults, ambushes, firefights, and re-supply escort runs we were grante...
He didn't realise it, but John was out cold for a couple of hours. When he awoke he was lying in what appeared to be a private hospital ward which held only the bed he rested on. Trying to sit up, he realised he still ached, that memory at least was real. A surge of panic then spread over him as he realised he had no means to pay for his stay in this obvious...
Chapter 06 -- Winners Take All We all now had our eyes fixed on Brooke, who looked like a deer caught in headlights. "Um, I'm still not sure," Brooke uttered. "That's not how the game works, Brooke," Leslie talked down to her younger sister. "More for us if she doesn't play," Vivian snickered and then winked at me. "Listen, bitch, I can decide for mysel...
The white sandy beaches and crystal blue waters of Tahiti were calling their names. Nick and Aimee went out to the beach, where a cabana awaited them. There was an umbrella propped up in the sand and two lounge chairs underneath. While they seated themselves, Ricardo brought them Mai Tai's in coconuts with umbrellas. Though they had only been dating a few mo...
Dear Paulette, The waves are rolling in today - it's grey but warm. A bit of rain last night but hardly enough to break the drought. I walked back through the woods yesterday – barefoot – and the soil felt unsurprisingly desiccated. Unusual for springtime here. It is difficult to complain about drought to someone in Southern California. Particularly with t...
The melodic ring of an instant message shook her from her sleep. She got up sleepily, making her way to her computer and sitting in the chair. “Morning, babe.” “Morning, hot stuff,” she typed back. “How’s my pet?” They’d been talking online for a couple months now. Sent pictures to each other. She’d even called him on the phone one night when her husband...
Stepping out of the air conditioned station wagon, Al and Kim felt waves of summer heat scorching their skin. After driving for three solid hours, he stretched and took in the deserted, dusty campground - some twenty tent sites vaguely partitioned by straggly-looking shrubs, and a few larger RV spots with electrical outlets. But at least the lake looked deep...
"Who?" "His name is Wes," I said. "Remember the company in Raleigh? The one with the big Christmas parties? He works for them." "I quit trying to keep track of all the companies you work for." Michael leaned forward to see past me, and then made a left turn. "He wants to stay with us?" "Well, no, he's not asking. He's going to be in town and I was going t...
She was having a hard day. A day that she wished would start over from the beginning so that she could get out of the right side of the bed. She pushed her dark framed sunglasses up on her head, being mindful of her thick afro that seemed to cover her scalp like a heavy woolen blanket. She should have cut it like she had planned, but she knew that her little...
As Demetrius approached Arcadia he looked down again upon his naked body and sighed. Thinking to himself "That loincloth of Cerberus certainly would come in handy now!" and laughed thinking that Persephone must have set him up sending him first to a land where everyone is already naked. He had only NOT been naked for such a short time before being stripped y...