… The mystery of Mistress Mountshaft… The carriage and four was painted an eye catching blue, with the window and fittings picked out in gold coach lines. The four bay horses pulling the coach had clearly been selected no only for their physique but also to match each other in the lustre of their coats. Their black tack contrasted with well polished brasses...
Zeta led Kate through a doorway into a large room, which was empty bar for a sand glass sitting on a small shelf in one corner. "Take your robe off and stand in the centre," Zeta told her. Kate slipped her robe off and handed it to the young priestess who walked over to the sand glass. "Do not come before the sand has passed into the lower half," Zeta tol...
I was informed by an anonymous person that the anti-aircraft guns used were a 50 Calibar, the bullets along with the shrapnel would have caused Vulferam a lot of damage. As I did not have a way to respond I will do so now, thank you for your feed back it was greatly appriciated. I would like to say that I was aware that the calibar of the weapons were high a...
Jordan was swept over, when his feet touched the ground of his temporary home. It was rather strange for him to have enjoyed himself so greatly. His wings seemed to be elated as they just wanted to power away the remaining hour of darkness. His desire for flight was quickly shunned as something was most decidedly missing. He looked into the sky and saw nothi...
3 A Dream's Fool "The Deck of Reading is said to be a set of cards meant to divine the future, a gift from a sphinx in service to Alecron. With it, His guidance and teachings are brought forth in ways that impact the person who draws from the deck. A popular set of cards are the Dream's series; the fool, knight, rook and queen. Each said to represent a...
(This story is about what happened between Angela and Greg after "Teasing Tuesdays". I have attempted to write this story so that it stands alone. You may, however, want to read the previous story, first, for background information about Angela and Greg.) * Angela filed for divorce from Eric, her philandering husband, the day after our Tuesday evening try...
Chapter 9 – Past and Future Loss "Somewhere along the line people came up with this notion that clergy of a given faith are holy and pure, thriving on piety and divine purpose where others suffer and fail. Self-aggrandizement became common knowledge and generally accepted truth, and yet like so many things about the nature of the gods and what they give us...
A few definitions or vocabulary, if you will, to better understand the story: Cambion-A creature born of a humanoid through sexual joining with another humanoid who is possessed by an incubus or succubus. These creatures are of sublime beauty and at first flourish from the energy put out of love, but as they grow older, the feed on sexual energy. They can i...
Valentine, also known as Eros, was an impish sort of character. Although he was thrilled when the whole world celebrated him once a year, the rest of the time he was kind of bored. So bored in fact that he'd taken to following some of the other magical beings on their special days. When he followed Santa on Christmas Eve to Katie's house he didn't really e...
Davariel hovered over the rift, his wings a humming blur barely audible over the howling wind. The sky overhead, choked with thick clouds, was reddish, almost black. He knew Megdoluc's twin suns were shining on the other side of these clouds at their midday mark. However, beneath the thick volcanic ash floating in the atmosphere, it looked closer to dawn. T...