From the Devil's Cradle Ch 1 All characters are at least eighteen years of age. * Caleb Sparks sat with his hands folded on the table, casually he rolling his right wrist forward away an inch or so from him glancing at his CASIO Rangeman wristwatch, 21:17 hours that evening. Caleb let out a small sigh, he'd been sitting here for almost eight full hours. H...
* * * * * Clair de Lune Claude Debussy Performed and recorded by PostScript (c) 2019 Yamaha Keyboard, Yamaha Synthesizer (orchestra) Best if you have good speakers or a headset on your computer. Click Here to listen: .mp3 format or .ogg format. (5.5 min/mp3) * * * * * ~~ XVII. Perdue en Purgatoire ~~ I looked for her. I started in all of the places I t...
Note: All of the characters in this story are over the age of eighteen, the elves even more so. This story does not represent any real people or groups. Any errors or omissions are my own. This is a fantasy. Quite literally since there are elves. It does contain magical transformation. Please look at the story tags. If you don't like those things then you mi...
Chapter 2: Opening Night Author's notes: 1. This story follows on from my previous story 'Mixed Emotions' in which the characters are introduced and developed. It is strongly recommended that 'Mixed Emotions' is read first. 2. This is a work of fiction. The activities and practices described in this series are neither condoned nor recommended. If you choo...
Part 1 I awoke with a jerk from a bad dream, the details of which fled with the opening of my eyes. There was a warm body in the bed beside me. It belonged to a doll named Isabella Wyona, as did the bed, the room, and the apartment. She was Caribbean, from a place called Cat Island. A fan dancer down at the Diamond Club and a pretty good one. Her deep brow...
Beyond the Walls of Sleep, They Lie... Author's note: This is my entry for the 2019 Gothic Horror event, Beyond the Walls of Sleep, hosted by BlackRandal1958. I truly appreciate an opportunity to be included in this themed event. Thanks, Randi! I especially appreciate the guide to Gothic Horror written by Todd172 and shared by Randi. This isn't as dark as t...
THE STORY SO FAR: Jessamy Beech, her daughter Phoebe, Ross, Merida and Hamnavoe have set sail from Orkney on their stolen trawler Kerrera II to investigate rumours of a Coalition holding facility at Fort George on Scotland's north east coast, hoping that it might give them some clue as to the whereabouts of Jessamy's younger daughter Ada. Meanwhile, Tamsi...
Late August 2021... "My name is Lieutenant Beaconsfield. It's my job to ensure that you're all sheltered, safe and well fed during your stay here on Mull." Jessamy Beech looked nervously around at the fifty or so other girls sat on neat rows of folding wooden chairs in Tobermory's slightly musty smelling church hall. Most of them appeared to be the same ag...
"Nothing moving, but I know they're out there," I said to my newly assigned private. As the sergeant major in charge of a wild pack of rebels, I wanted him to learn quickly so he could stay alive. "Private, listen up, and pay attention, be like a whisper in the night in a steady breeze of cold air. Stay down, stay low and focus." "Roger that, ma'am," the yo...
This story contains graphic fantasy violence. ***** In Earth's far distant future, civilization exists mainly in city states referred to as "Shining Cities". While there are only a few such cities, these large city states are home to over 80% of the planet's population. The remainder of the inhabitants live in semi-nomadic tribes and a few trading outposts...