This story is a bit wordy and fairly long, so if you are looking for immediate gratification, you might want to look elsewhere. The following story is a work of fiction. Any resemblance between these characters and events and any real person or events is strictly coincidental . . . and pretty darn impressive seeing as it is a science fiction story. Do not r...
EDITOR: MIRIAM BELLE CREATIVE CONSULTANTS: MIRIAM BELLE & SIMPLY_CYN * "EMERALD EYES, CRIMSON MOON" *** It wasn't until he came back from taking the longest piss of his life that David Carson noticed his son was nowhere in sight. He listened for a minute, straining to here the slightest twig break or rustling of a bush. The forest was quiet and strang...
*** Author's Notes - In case you're finding my stories in my Supernatural Earth for the first time, the recommended chronological reading order is as follows: The Crimson Tithe (Optional)Vampiress, Mine -- OmnibusThe Snow Maiden -- OmnibusThe Creature Below -- OmnibusThe Creature Below - Omnibus 02Vampiress, Mine - Omnibus 02The Snow Maiden - Omnibus 02The...
Part 4: An Uneven Trade Chapter 1 You never know when a small event in life will trigger a huge future event. Our small event was painting a wall. Our huge future event was swapping marriage partners. This is how it happened. Tom and Diane Miller owned a successful motel in Denver. They had worked hard and lived modestly through the early part of their li...
Chapter 16 They reached the emergency room in ten minutes. While Matt drove them to the hospital, Chris gave Jared a quick call to inform him about the situation. The doctor assured him that contractions during the second trimester were nothing to worry about although he did advise them to get an emergency ultrasound while at the hospital. "I'm fine." Lu...
Back in 2005 I wrote a story about a young girl breaking both wrists, and having to be looked after by her younger brother (Broken Bones). Three years later, by a sick coincidence, my wife fell on the ice and did exactly the same thing, and I had to look after her for six weeks. So there are two stories, one fiction and the other real life, of loving people...
"So how does this look?" Aoife turned toward her husband, one fist on her hip, posing like some clothing model for a cheap mall store. The lacy white tank top and skin-tight white shorts showed off her petite figure. Rick's eyes lingered as they studied her, then he smirked. "Like you're planning to blind everyone on the beach." "Hey! I actually have a tan...
I dribbled, keeping one eye on the defender, shielding the ball with my body, looking for one of the other players to come open in the middle. But there was someone in the lane every time one of them made a cut, and the shot clock was winding down. Time to make something happen. I focused on my defender, saw his eyes watching me. I feinted to the right; he...
***I thought I'd see if I could wind this a little tighter even as it begins to hit the fan. This moves around a little, mostly in only a handful of places: A deserted island off the east of Scotland. Under the island where Kerry lay imprisoned. In the underhalls where Maezou et al are living and in an Air Traffic Control center. A little of Lily's d...
Chapter 1 Without a sound Sarah Gorden drew her knife from its sheath. She slowly brought the blade out from beneath the fur she had been sleeping under. Eyes still closed she hushed her breath, straining her ears to hear anything out of place, but the only sound that she could hear was the pounding of her heart. Opening one eye, then the other, she peered...