Cheryl's Lament The following is a spin-off from "Justice Ch. 03: Lawyers, Guns & Money," and is presented here after a number of readers said they would like to see it. To fully understand the context of this story, I suggest you first read "Justice Ch. 03" if you haven't already done so. This is not my usual fare. As regular readers know, cheat...
Author's note: This story is a complete work of fiction. Any reference to any actual place or location is purely coincidental, references to anyone living or dead is used in a fictional or literary manner only. I would like to thank everyone who left comments and voted for the first chapter; the warm reception is most gratifying. I would personally like to t...
The City of the Sun God was crumbling. Once, the city of glass had been maintained by the same Atlantean technology that had helped stabilize the Savage Lands. But while that verdant jungle had become self-sustaining, the city had not. Many of its people had left for one local tribe or another. More still had been killed for disloyalty, speaking blasphemy ag...
Cathy pulled on a robe and rushed to answer her front door before the broken chime could make its god-awful clanking, grinding noise again. It sounded like a cowbell whose clapper scraped and rubbed after striking—worse than fingernails on a chalk board. God she hated that sound. Doug had promised to fix it weeks ago—something else he'd neglected lately. She...
"We have lingered in the chambers of the sea By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown Till human voices wake us, and we drown." TS Eliot "…Prufrock" Part I: The Book of the Grotesque When we arrived at the airport I found the sunlight that bathed the terminal halls claustrophobic. I put on my sunglasses and sought a dark bar in which Sel...
-------------- ----- As the hot water pounded her back, Gia released a long, deep breath. She stood in the shower trying to piece together her feelings about the evening. Aside from her shock at seeing Scott again, Gia didn't know what was going on with her. Her head spun with images of his face and the memory of his smile, and each time she thought of his...
I graduated 4th out of 37 in my high school class- just far enough down the list so I didn't even get to speak at Commencement, which was fine because the gym's roof was leaking up on the stage. No big deal since we were the final graduating class from my high school since next year we would consolidate with another small high school 15 miles away, and they...
All characters involved in this story are of at least 18 years of age. All characters involved in this story are original creations of the author. Any resemblance to any real person, place, or event is purely coincidental. Please do not post anywhere else without author permission. Thank you! ***** There is nothing worse than being awoken from a deep, pe...
[This story is much darker and more plot-driven than my other ones. This first chapter is mostly scene-setting; later chapters will have a lot more action (both sexual and violent). Warning: there is both incest and gory violence in this story, although not at the same time. All characters involved in sexual situations are aged 18 or over.] The sky was dar...
Session 2 - The Enemy As soon as she received the 'all clear' message Agent Fox finished typing her update and stood up, stretching her muscles out. There was little to report, but there was little that she could do until Martin was stabilized. She frowned at her muscles; they shouldn't be so cramped after this. She had to keep going, and it was likely that...