"Adam! My office!" I heard from my office door as Debbie stuck her head into my office and then disappeared again, headed down the hall toward her own office. I groaned to myself, knowing that another ass chewing was coming. When the last service manager left I kind of expected to get promoted up into the position, being the most senior service engineer and...
"I take it that's bad then?" Sparks asked, startled by John and Calara's shocked reaction to the mystery ship. "Who are the Kirrix exactly?" "They are kill on sight to all species in the Galactic League" John explained briefly. "They're a parasitic insectoid species that use other life forms to incubate their young. When their larvae hatch, they eat their w...
The chronological order of my stories is as follows: Todd & Melina series, Interludes 1-5, Sperm Wars series, Russian Roulette series, Case of the Murdered Lovers series, Case of the Murdered Chessplayer series, The Swap series, Interludes 6-10, The Murdered Football Player Series, Case of the Black Widow series, Teresa's Christmas Story, The Case of the Bl...
Day 8 On the first full Monday of her marriage, Caitlyn Stanford arose in equal parts anticipation and dread. She was still having pangs of readjustment when she woke up and found herself in an unfamiliar bed, in an unfamiliar place, but there was always the comfort of a very familiar set of arms. Waking up with Jon meant that the day started off right. Th...
I stood looking out the door of my new digs, It was a sliding door and the glass portion was open. I heard giggling and turned and saw three little girls walking hand in hand out on to the pool deck. The middle and largest one wore a short terry robe and had towels over her shoulders. Older sister, about 14 or 15 taking her little sisters out to play. They s...
"I really did used to like the holidays," grumbled Ralph Persons Junior as he rubbed the same spot on his head that he'd whacked several times in a row on the same slanted ceiling beam. It was the first weekend in December and he was crawling around the attic looking for boxes of holiday decorations that his mother wanted hauled downstairs and put up the day...
Author's Note: This is Part 2 of a three part series. It is recommended that you read the first part before reading this so that you understand the back-story. ***** Arizona State University, Earth "Hey, it's Mario, right?" "Yeah, that's me." Mario barely recognized the guy, but he suspected he knew what he wanted. The requests were coming with increasin...
*If you make one person happy, you save the World. Make a million people happy and you become a politician* (Thanks for Fortima's presence fixing so many of my mistaks (Oddly there is no sex in this chapter; just prepping for the next rollercoaster) (Yes, this tale is supposed to be somewhat humorous and outrageous too. While not always comedic, I'd lik...
*There is no firestorm without a spark, no ocean without a raindrop* (Frontma comes through again, thank you) (Yes, this tale is supposed to be somewhat humorous and outrageous too. While not always comedic, I'd like to think it is mostly a good-natured romp.) THE FIRST GAME The first soccer game of the season was against Braydon College in Maryland. The...
Chapter 1 As I look back, I feel amazed that I could have put myself into such a state. Me! Robert Douglas, thirty-nine, successful businessman, pillar of the community, and all the rest. Nice house, family, all healthy, OK looking, in short, the personification of the American dream. Everything seemed to be going well for me that summer five years ago, but...