The door opened letting in the cold wind and mist of a late autumn night. A lone figure wrapped in a travelling cape stepped through the sill. The richly embroided hooded cape identified him as a man of means, the long sword along other weapons thrust in his wide belt and his large frame identified him as a warlord and a man not to trifle with. When he shrug...
Did you ever see a woman and know by how she looked, talked, walked, and acted that she was the one and that you were madly in love with her? Love at first sight. Did you ever see a woman and know by how she looked, talked, walked, and acted that she was out of your league and unattainable? Out of my league. That was the paradox of my bittersweet thoughts t...
Through the eyes of a bird soaring far above the quaint town for which this magical tale takes place one could see the dichotomous nature of a fantastical feudal society. The poor toiling, the rich standing idle. The hovels built one next to the other were being furiously patched by women to keep out the coming rain and snow. On the other side of the town la...
Anna had been gone about an hour. Adam had comfortably settled down with a coffee and the newspaper when his phone whistled - Sharon's unique ring tone. "Hi honey," he answered. "What's news?" "I have no idea what you and Anna got up to overnight, Adam. All I know is that she has a smile as wide as the Hudson River and all she wants to do is sleep." He gri...
I thank my editors, Hal and GeorgeAnderson. As usual, Harddaysknight is my mentor and gives me critical review. Sbrooks103x also gave me a pre-post read. I love you guys. This is just a little flash story about domestic abuse, written from a very dark place, and the price it extracts from the soul. This is the only agenda story I have ever written, and I ha...
After I hung up the phone I hustled up-stairs to get the kids squared away and thinking about bed. They had already managed to plug a movie into the DVD player and were both lying there watching it, half asleep in their sleeping bags. "Wish me luck, guys. I have a perspective buyer coming over in a few minutes that the real estate agent feels might be the o...
Michael sat on a log with the chieftain, taking in the surrounding tents and people milling about, as Mitsu muttered quietly to a child who was fidgeting under his gaze nearby. Kari shared the young girl's anxiety refusing to sit, or even stand still. She was running everywhere, bothering everyone with incessant questions about everything. "What happened t...
Darkness fell. I went out on the balcony and feasted my eyes on the lights of the city. Carazon appeared lovelier at night than it did in the bright light of day. The glow of lantern light softened the harsh stone, and gave the whole city a dreamlike quality. The liquid trills of a nakama bird sounded from the garden below, and from behind me came the notes...
This story contains a few spoilers for my other story Trapped, nothing you wouldn't find after the escape but all it really does it tell you a few connections, and really it's a very long way into the story. This is a story about Vincent and how his life was when he was young,I want to note now that in my stories there are no years as we know them, the mont...
'This is my story. The story of a traitor.' 'I was thrown into the small cell as the bamboo gate creaked shut behind me. Landing on my knees, I scarily looked up to meet the gaze of my unlikely companion. His filthy nakedness looked down upon me, ready to devour the tasteful treat in front of him. Before I could get up, a sharp backhand struck my cheek and...