Amber Stahl had covered a lot of speeches in Washington over the years, but had never seen or heard anything even remotely like the lambasting Gwen had just delivered to Congress. She struggled to find the appropriate words to do justice to the situation as the cameras switched from the Capitol Building back to the studio. The red light suddenly lit up and A...
Changsha China, Two Months Ago My contact in Guangzhou has found some information for me. He wanted to meet me in Hong Kong, but something happened and he's disappeared," Sarai says excitedly. Sarai Leclair is a strikingly attractive woman, standing five foot ten, with piercing electric green eyes. Her father is a French diplomat, whom on a visit to China...
The wind was howling on Friday night and wood fire in the family room fireplace was roaring when Ryan heard a vehicle arriving. "Someone's coming, only idiots would drive for pleasure on a night light this." "Or real friends," Skye said, and left the room. "I'll go," Fergie said, burping pre-dinner beer and tucking in his shirt. Glenys heard the noisy gr...
Aden Settlement, 1835 Greetings my old comrade. No doubt the weather in Russia finds you well this time of year. As you may have correctly surmised by now, I am currently in Asia, so I suppose the next round of this little game of ours can begin in earnest. I'm currently en route to India, via the port of Aden in Southern Arabia. Unfortunately, the pickings...
LV Dance the Night Away Xiùlán 2081 Xavier pushed by and sidled past the other dancers to eventually reach Xiùlán who was swaying spasmodically from side to side to the pulsating rhythm. Like Xiùlán, his eyes were glazed over and his skin pasted with perspiration. He squeezed through the sweaty crowd to Xiùlán, took her waist between his hairy-backed hands,...
I'm Barbi, and I'm having one of life's most embarrassing moments. I'm in Captain Sue's office on the bridge of the Angela Merkel, just finishing signing the papers for the transfer of ownership of Mai Lang to myself. She's in her cabin packing her few possessions, and the taxi is on the way. Lady Parkwood just walked in and after a very warm kiss with the...
'Good morning, my love,' On wrote in the simplified Chinese hanzi that would make his feelings a mystery to the prying eyes of his Jamaican supervisors. He was miserable, and it was only the weekly letters to his beloved fiancée, still awaiting his return in China, that kept him going through the separations that his job as a construction worker forced on th...
We begin our story in the tiny hamlet of Frostbite Falls, Minnesota USA, population 27, where two of its leading citizens reside; Rocket J. Squirrel and Bullwinkle J. Moose. It looks like they're involved in some intense study. Let's listen in. "Do you have any tens?" "Go fish," said Rocky. Well, it looks like they're more involved in leisure time activit...
I rolled over and looked at the alarm, realizing the time was 7 am. I scrambled to get out of bed thinking I was late. I fell to the floor with a thud, as my right foot got tangled in the sheets. There I sat naked and my legs twisted in every which way. With a bruised knee and ego I heard footsteps, I tried to get untangled from the sheets, before Master ha...
XCII War Alex 2036 Alex was now possessed of an opinion he once believed that he'd never hold. And that somewhat dispiriting opinion was that those women whose company he most enjoyed were those he could never rate as his social equals. A woman like the new Chief Executive Officer, for example, was a real balls-breaker whose greatest talent was to keep Alex...