The hot, humid Hawaiian air hit us like a ton of bricks as soon as we departed the aircraft. At first it was stifling, but by the time we got our bags and rented a car, our bodies had done a good job of adjusting to the new atmosphere. Even though back home in Los Angeles it was warm, this was different. This was tropical. And it felt good! You could see it...
Sunlight burned hot through the large windows when she walked into her house. It was still early, but he had told her he would be home late. She locked the deadbolt on the door then made her way into her kitchen, setting her purse down on the table in its normal place. The dishes were still stacked in the sink from the morning, and there they would stay, at...
Chapter One It was late summer and Anna Jefferies stood in front of the refurbished Alabama plantation, admiring its towering white columns and the porches that spanned two levels. The oaks in front weighed heavily with moss that shivered in the evening breeze and framed the gravel driveway. A late crop of Confederate Jasmine sprinkled the walkway in yellow...
It was the middle of another week and Angel found herself alone. Emi had been hired to shoot for a calendar and she had flown off to Aruba two days earlier. She contented herself by hanging out at the Ocean's Reef condo and hitting the clubs at night. Though she was staying busy, she was on the verge of getting a little bored. She had just gotten out of be...
It was a week later and the four couples gathered for dinner at Chris and Rae’s house. It didn’t take long for Carrie, Laura and Rae to sense a major shift in the group dynamic. Their husband’s feelings towards Carla had obviously changed for some reason. A week earlier, she was an “old hag who was going to destroy the friendship” the guys had built for a li...
Martin stirred and looked at the bedside clock. Midnight. Had he heard something or was he just dreaming. He rolled over to look at his beautiful thirty six year old wife, Jenny, with the face and body of a twenty year old. She slept quietly with her light brown face framed by her long black hair. Martin decided he needed a cool drink on this warm mid-su...
This is the first of a series of short stories about Lord Fletcheour and his realm of Vicmarian that existed almost a thousand years ago in the extreme northern part of what is today Great Britain. Early in the eleventh century the world was very much a different place. Lord Fletcheour was Lord of the manor and had acquitted his title and grant to his land...
It was early evening on a hot summer day as Olivia paced around her bedroom, shedding sweaty clothes and leaving them strewn about without much thought. Her hair felt remarkable clean despite the gardening and other activities she had done that day, but in many places her mocha skin shined with the evidence of heavy perspiration. Her socks had been discarded...
Chapter 3: The Lady Captain's Year -- January to June Following the normal pattern, the Captains drive in was arranged for the first Saturday in January. Sally and I played together in the Fun Competition and though we did not win, we played well enough to enjoy the round. In my eyes this was Sally's day and I was determined that she would have a successf...
Never mind the wedding! That isn't the story you truly wish to read about. Dark elves in all forms of nobility, both wicked and wondrous, gathered in a dark place to witness the joining of General Ursule of House Maedryn to the Lady Orbb of the House of Weavre. They came, they witnessed, they dared not eat for fear of poison, they dared not dance for fear of...