Once out of Bill's sight, Faith slipped on her flannel shirt and strolled cheerfully down the tree-lined path, swinging her brazier in lazy circles. 'I don't think Bunyan will be sleeping alone in his cabin tonight,' she decided, smiling at the high probability of pleasure. Sunlight, shining through the bare hardwoods, cast spidery stripes across the trail...
Jennifer had been visiting another farm to discuss the sale of some horses and, on impulse she decided to take the long way home. Her route took her down a dirt road she occasionally traveled that led from the main highway to her farm . It was a very scenic drive, and she didn't mind taking it because she had plenty of time and did enjoy wandering the back r...
Late morning sunlight slanted in the windows of the bedroom. A cool breeze wandered in through the open French doors, the morning air playing with the lace draped in the corners of the big canopy bed. Leaves rustled from the maple trees that ringed the deck outside the bedroom of the old farmhouse, fresh and crisp in their chatter. Janice stirred gently as...
"I don't like this." "Jeezus. Here we go again — you do this every time we have to go out in the field. We are power line inspectors; we inspect power lines. That's our job — someone has to inspect them, and those someones are us." "You mean you. You really shouldn't do these inspections alone..." "Oh come on. You're always holding on to some old-fashione...
"We need gloves," declared Bill, turning into the village hardware store parking lot. "I want your hands with all their fingers in working order." Faith laughed and jabbed his arm. "You're so fussy, Holder." Feeling the same way about his. Aloud, she said, "I think you just want to look at all the tools. This is like a toy store to you, isn't it?" "A littl...
With one soul-stirring kiss, I knew I was lost to him forever. The passion oozed from his pores like a secreted pheromone that dripped over my shoulders when he dipped his head to the side to lick my wounds. There were so many that I didn't really know where to begin figuring out each one. He kept calling me Ellie, the name panting from inside of his throat...
"Hello? Is there anybody out there?" Jessica found herself sitting on a concrete floor in pitch black. She blindly felt around and found a chain cuffed to her right ankle. "What the—" From the far end of the hall, a bright floodlight came on. The sudden spark blinded Jessica. She placed a hand to her brow as the dots slowly faded from her sight. She looke...
I met Carlos and Andrea about a year ago. They were older than the people I normally hand around with, both well into their thirties, compared to my early twenties. For some reason we just hit it off and we became good friends. Carlos was a handsome man, had a good job, and worked hard at it. Andrea also worked, although I suspect she didn't need to, as Car...
* Thanks to Darkniciad for critiquing the plot of this story. Chris and Layla found the house near sundown. They had walked over twenty miles that day, looking for food and shelter. Judging by the smell, the house wasn't very clean, but it had the advantage of having four standing walls and a roof. They dragged themselves in through the side door, threw do...
I am Jack Z, the infamous bounty hunter based on the lunar colony, and I had found myself in a large, dirty spot of problem. To say it plainly, I was in a suitcase and some enhanced hoodlum had chopped of my legs and my arms with a brutal, unregistered chainsaw whip. It wasn't the first time for me and years ago I replaced my limbs with insensitive plastic...