It stung every time the needle punctured her cheek and stabbed through her flesh. But since her face already felt like it was on fire, she barely noticed the little pinpricks. Cindy stared down at the ground blankly. How had it gone so wrong? They were going to march on Ruar and slaughter the orcs. There was nothing that could stop them. What went wrong? Whe...
Before the story starts, just a little heads up that this story has a lot more build than my previous stories. There is plenty of action, but it takes a bit longer to get to it. -------- I have never done anything like this before, but I got out of a long term, at least for me, relationship a month ago and going from getting it every day to not getting any...
CHAPTER ONE "Daddy, Daddy!" Danny -- Danielle to my mother and the people in the Registry of Births office, but Danny to everybody else -- yelled as she leaped off the last step of the bus and tore across the lawn, home from another day of kindergarten. Molly Benton, also five, had jumped off at almost the same time, nearly knocking Danny to the ground as...
Illustrations by LunA. 5. DREAMS OF DEBAUCHERY "Fuck yeah, bitch!" Neil Corliss screamed as he sped the stolen Chrysler 200 down the deserted forest road, happier than he'd been in years. Bethany Dutton sat in the passenger seat, rooting through Grace Harker's purse. As far as Neil was concerned, justice had been served. Detective Harker had put Neil in...
Chapter Thirty-Seven: Sleeping Arrangements When I woke, we had shifted positions; Alistair was spooned behind me, and his arms were around me tightly. It was extremely comfortable. And then it occurred to me that one massive hand had settled, unknowingly I was sure, on my left breast. I was wearing armour – I had gotten used to sleeping in it, sadly – so...
"You did what?" Sharon's voice was just a little too loud and several people turned to glance at her. Larry and I looked up from our end of the table and even their girls looked over from where they stood at the salad bar at the sound of their mother's voice. It had been four weeks since we were out to dinner with Larry and Sharon and Katie had done her "J...
(Larry) Friday quitting time. Another grueling work week finished at a job I dislike, for a boss that I can't stand. It's not a terrible job, in fact I used to quite like it. I am a middle management account executive. Basically I go over contracts and purchase requisitions on various projects. I have my own office and a personnel secretary. Susan is easy o...
Prologue: An excerpt from The Case of the Red Corset, by Doctor Tobias Jefferson, July 1895 The door finally splintered under my repeated shoulder barges and I stumbled into the bedroom, brandishing my old service revolver. My eyes tried to adjust to the near darkness, the only light source being dawn's faint glow coming through the open French windows. Fie...
This is the third story in the "Stories from Under the Golden Roof" series. This story contains some dialogue in German and Serbian, translations of the German and Serbian dialogue is included. The German and Serbian dialogue has not been edited. Any errors are entirely the fault of the author. ***** Chapter 1 - introduction Wade turned up the volume o...
Once the semester ended at the University, Christopher drove Elyse in his old red pick-up south to the Gulf of Mexico. Elyse's older sister, Selina owned a beach house there and insisted Elyse visit as a reward for completing her doctorate. Elyse propped her beautiful white legs on the dashboard, barefoot. She wore white cut-off shorts, a pale blue halter, s...