Jakarta. 2010. Di Wilayah Pelabuhan yang penuh kesibukan truk yang berlalu lalang mengantar barang yang membangun ekonomi nasional, orang orang kecil yang tidak diperhatikan pemerintah hidup dengan caranya sendiri. Kurang dari 1 Km dari pelabuhan, terdapat sebuah perumahan kecil yang padat dan ramai, semua suku ada dalam perumahan yang malang itu, semua hidu...
Slamaria asked Simon "How did you do that? I have never seen a demon who could grow tentacles." Simon thought about how much he could tell her but didn't tell her anything, he just told Slamaria. "I am not saying anything about it and I will leave that for you to find out." This made Slamaria pause before she decided to try and push him to his limit to get...
The day started out nicely enough for Ibrahim Gemeda, former Corporal with the Ethiopian Federal Police, and current bodyguard of His Excellency Adam Teshome, former Minister of the Interior and the new Ambassador of Ethiopia in the City of Jakarta, Indonesia. The run rose over the City of Samarinda, in the East Kalimantan region of Borneo, Indonesia, promis...
"¿Cuídate si?" Me dijo despidiéndome la doncella de Mondstad en la puerta de la ciudad, Noelle la candidata a caballero. "Claro" afirmó, ví a Bennett entrar herido con una sonrisa junto a Fischl, "creo que tú preocupación debería acercarse a Bennett, el tiene aún peor suerte que yo". "Oye, al menos yo si completo mis encarg...
"¿Estas seguro de esto?" Me preguntó la persona sentada a mi lado. "¿No, pero lo estas tu?" respondí seriamente. En esta fría y silenciosa noche, nos miramos por unos minutos y estallamos de risas, con Luke siempre hacíamos esto, un momento estábamos serios y luego reírnos como si el mundo se acabase. Nos encontramos a las afueras de una...
Desde el lujoso ático que mi hermana Afrodita me había "preparado" observé como la oscuridad de la noche atenazaba la ciudad...una ciudad anclada en una época que no era la mía. Porque sí, yo soy Heracles, el Hércules de la mitología griega y romana, un semidiós de la antigua Grecia traído de nuevo a la vida por su divino padre porque, aún en un ti...
At first I told myself I caught Sachi's cold. That was why I was so tired all the time. The biggest problem with that theory was that I wasn't coughing. The other problem was that I wasn't bleeding. I visited my doctor within a week of my second meeting with Keiji and received the all-clear for any illnesses the following week. I texted him the good news;...
Dara Visits a Resort Before Going to HongKong (End Bk. 1) *** This stand-alone story covers the end of Dara's time living in Thailand, and ends with her flight to Hong Kong where he husband teaches at a graduate school of business. But before they go to China Dara journeys with her husband to a seaside resort with a very adult reputation. Reading the other...
Recent college graduate Tom Bailey stood poised at the entrance to his old middle school library like an anxious puppy waiting at the back door of his owner's house. Nervously, Tom raked his fingers over his hair and straightened his tie with a sweaty hand. Would he summon up the courage to knock on the door and finally reveal his love for his grade school...
Yes, it's an epilogue to 'Anything for You', eighteen months after I submitted what I thought was the final chapter. :) But having re-read this story for myself recently, it became blindingly obvious that many of you were right to tell me it needed an epilogue! Plus - and I'll hope you'll forgive the self-indulgence of it all - I'm hoping writing this will p...