Julia listened to the soft clicking sound of her own high heels as she entered the room at an excruciatingly slow pace, at least it must have seemed that way to James. But the slow entrance was not to evoke any kind of response from James rather Julia was pondering the next few moments. While there had been ample time on the drive home to make a plan that w...
I wait nervously at the airport, just outside the security gate. I haven't seen you since the summer after senior year in high school and I'm not sure if you'll recognize me after all these years. I watch as people exit from your flight one by one. An elderly couple passes, eyes searching, and I smile to myself as they happily greet their family. I love to s...
This year, Jimmy and I didn't get to share our birthdays together until June. We were born exactly a year apart – he's just turned 19, me 18 – but since we were kids, we'd always been together on the date, either because our parents threw my cousin and me joint parties or, later on, because it was important to us and we'd made a point of meeting up. This...
The road stood quiet as Lorna slipped from her car and closed the door, locking it. She glanced across at her house, number 28, noticing that the Russian vine was under control for once and was in full bloom. The Clematis was also showing itself in full glory, the combination of the two, pleasing in the afternoon sunlight. As Lorna neared the front door she...
Friday morning I climbed into my car and reached over to place my purse on the passenger seat. There next to me was a box with a card on it. My name was scribbled across it in your handwriting. Eagerly I opened the envelope and found directions on what I was to do with the box. "Enclosed are some clothes I thought you would look amazing in. Make sure every...
Dave had been SCUBA diving since he was thirteen, but he'd never been in a decompression chamber. This one was cramped and- though it bored the eye with cleanliness- smelled like what metal would smell like if metal could mold. The clock on the wall said forty-two minutes until relative freedom. Shannon sat knee-to-knee with him, wearing a pair of very sho...
Kajira awoke in a strange bed, confused. "Where can I be?" she wondered, sitting up. That was a mistake, as her punished buttocks screamed with the pain of the previous day's beating. Wincing, she stood gingerly and went to the window. The room wasn't large, but it was beautifully furnished with a low bed swathed with gauzy curtains, a pristine white wash t...
The alarm clock clicks on and a slightly manic voice comes out of the speakers, "Good morning, I am the saviour of Radio 1, the one and only Chris Moyes", "Bugger, that means it's Monday morning and I've got to get my ass out of bed for work" I tell myself! I role over in bed and hit the snooze button, "Ten more minutes and I'll get up" I say to myself. Jus...
It was the Day of the Boar, in the year 3302 in Norrath. Adventurers, both the mundane and the mighty, ran about, attempting to make the world a better place, while others plotted to make it better, but for themselves. Our story begins, and ends, in an orc- and gnoll-filled place known as the High Pass, the most commonly travelled link between the two halves...
As we sit in the apartment in the early morning hours I think about this evenings happenings. It started when Billy ask me to go out to supper with him. We went to a quiet little Italian place we enjoy. We dined by candlelight with our wine and soft music in the background. It was very romantic. We try to always go out at least once a month and relax and enj...