She sets another pie on the rack to cool and checks the time again. In a few minutes she'll take him a glass of iced tea. She sets the oven back to 350 and turns the fan to a higher setting. She keeps imagining the mercury spewing out of the thermometer as she taps it again. "It can't be that hot in here," she mumbles to herself, wiping the sweat from her br...
Author's Notes: This story is inspired by the story Irresistable by Robopoop. I realized that this was a good concept that no one has touch for over 4 years and I wanted to expand upon it. Know that there will be use of pics in my chapters and hope any other authors do the same. Feel free to write your own threads and create a new path. On we go! I pulled m...
The Kingdom of Mirantia.... Known and admired throughout the world as the fair land where magic and mortal coexist. For well over one hundred years the inhabitants of the kingdom have prospered, thanks in no small measure to the wise leadership of a succession of good kings. Its current monarch, King Malcolm, has continued the policies of his father and gran...
He remembers well the first time he encountered the art work that led him to this present moment. It is, he's always thought, essentially a still-life landscape of a tree on the bank of a small river. The water flows over and around a number of rocks, and one of the tree's main limbs juts out,. perhaps six or eight feet over the flowing liquid. A beautiful...
Notes on the Grand Duchy of Upper Danubia as a society (the stuff that didn't make it into the novel) Readers have commented and asked me questions about my imaginary country, the Grand Duchy of Upper Danubia. Here are some details to give you an idea of what this imaginary society is like, of what I envisioned when I created it. I want to emphasize that...
I have been invited to a big party; it is in a nightclub with only one level, it is a huge round room with three sets of toilets. I arrive and there are about 200 people here already, it is just a casual dress event, there are all types of people and ages to be seen. The party is something to do with a contract at work, a sort of informal get together. Borin...
I was late in 2001. I was in my early 30's, and had been living in Chicago. I worked for a major retailer, in our local regional office. I had literally worked my way up from the stores over the previous 10 years, and was proud of having clawed my way up to junior management. Oh boy. I had just received a promotion with the company. It was a healthy 50% bum...
You butter your toast as the mail comes. The noise shocks you in your sleep-deprived state, and you drop the knife with a clang. Cursing, you bend down to pick it up. You place it on the side before heading to your front door. Three letters. One from the landlord, most likely an eviction notice, one from the gas company, another overdue payment, but the last...
The last man on earth, somehow. The thought crossed your mind during almost every one of the now rare dull moments where you had time to focus on something other than the project. Whatever it was that had happened during 'The Disappearance', it left you in a pretty good spot. You knew that most guys had probably fantasized about your situation at one point o...
Chapter 4 and Breakfast Duncan could hardly believe the morning. Not one day could he recall that had dawned so bright and cheerful, with so much promise. Looking at the beautiful woman walking beside him, her hand in his, he knew exactly why the day was so grand. Grinning wryly to himself he realized it could be the middle of a blizzard and he would feel t...