"I hear she's a divorcee with a teen-age daughter," Mom hisses to one of her Love-Street friends in a voice dripping with disapproval. My parents have owned a lakefront cottage in the Love Street development for as long as I can recall. I've spent countless carefree summers here, hanging out with friends and learning to swim and dive and waterski and even n...
*Author's note- This is the second installment of the Goddess series. This chapter will make more sense and be much more meaningful if you read Goddess first. I've never been one to dwell on the past. I'm not one for regrets, or mooning over what-could-have-happened-if? in any given situation. The idea of time travel has never sounded enticing. Until now....
I recently met the man of my dreams. Tall, dark, handsome, devastating smile, quick wit, drives a Maserati convertible and runs his own business- only problem is that he's engaged to Claire, my best friend! She's a sales rep and called to see his company. A month later and they are engaged with a wedding date set. I was like a tongue tied virgin when we we...
My weapons were returned. It took us nearly two weeks to bring the wagons back. They were heavily laden, and we didn't want to wear out the horses. Pamna rode in my wagon, more often than not. She was fun to talk to, and I found myself liking her more and more. Every night but one, she joined me under the wagon. After one strenuous bout, I took out the rab...
Syracuse, New York Early Afternoon Chinnamani got a late start the following day, by the time she was downtown to set up her stand it was almost noon and her body kept insisting it was neither sober or stupid enough to get things going this damned early. Fortunately by the very nature of her business, prep and setup were fairly easy-- pull the dough balls...
I wish I could think clearer than I do. I wish I could see things better than I do. Sometimes, when you can see everything, you miss the things that matter most. My job? Seeing. And I see a lot. In fact, it wouldn't be an understatement to say I see everything. Everything important, anyway. I stare down the screens packed into a small room, and make sure no...
To call Alison a flirt or tease was definitely an understatement. To call her a tart or slut was too cruel and a little harsh I think. I had to call her was Miss Wood or my sort of boss. I reported to her for daily jobs but for more things I reported to her boss. We got on well in our own little corner of the office, the only two that did the job we did. Ali...
In the room at the top of the house was a door that had never been opened. It was an ordinary door that would lead to somewhere extraordinary for the one that did. *** Outside the children sang as they played their games, "Gay go up, and gay go down, To ring the bells of London town. Bull's eyes and targets, Say the bells of St. Marg'ret's. Brickbats an...
For enormous, winged, fire-breathing, scaled beasts, dragons are rather good at remaining undetected. At least, the ones still alive are. Sir Charles the Relentless pushed on, crashing his way through the forest while cursing dragonkind's love of remote locations. His armor did little to ease his passage, causing him to sink into the soft earth. The forest w...
Over the next week, my brain kept exploding a little when I remembered what I had done at Alan's place. It was a huge distraction as the feelings, smells, and tastes flooded back in and pushed everything else out of my mind. I was surprised that while there was a sort of awkwardness about it, I didn't feel conflicted or ashamed or hung up that I'd had sexual...