"What are you dreaming of Big Sister?" The alien girl known as Briar speaks through her host body, that of young Abigail Spencer. Mere hours ago the alien seedling of the World Tree admitted to being part of a dimensional offshoot of Gaea herself. Each world had its own version. For Briar the new world she occupies is very confusing. It had for a very long...
Madigan Ridge watched in a ghostly horror as her daughter slammed dead on into the frozen tundra below. In phasing through the ship following Sophia's descent she could not keep up, drifting slower toward the steaming pit she lay in. What was worse as she floated in the shadow of the Ganthorian starship X'Orr, now commandeered by the deceptive Orin Ridge she...
High tide: The moment between the flood tide and the ebb tide This tale is an espionage fantasy under assault by reality The 'hero' of this tale might be considered a Libertarian, though the label means nothing to him. He is not completely sane by some people's definition of the term The principal characters in this story are listed at the end of the chap...
Aphrodite's Curse Book 4 Hera Strikes Back Chapter 4 "I don't know about you, Hephaestus," Hades growled, "but I am getting fucking tired of waiting out here. Time is getting away from us!" "I agree, Uncle," Hephaestus said as he pointed over to the locked doors of Athena's temple. "What in the hell are Hera, Circe and Athena doing? They have been holed...
Time: 60 BC Place: Delos Cast: Titus Fabius Marius -- Roman patrician, 19 Fabia Maria Tertia, aka Mettia -- Titus's sister, his twin Decius Aurelius Carbo -- Mettia's prospective husband Anjana -- Indian slave purchased on the island Titus's ship had docked at Delos, one of a chain of islands called the Cyclades in the Aegean, to mend the damage done t...
Air stirred in the small cell. Small strands of hay danced, twirling and spinning around each other as warm wind found its way through the cracks and hallways of the palace. Young Theseus closed his eyes with a sigh, welcoming the fresh air. The man sat stiffly against the cool wall of his cell, strong arms crossed over his stomach. Despite his calm demeanor...
Well, Evelyn is a professional dancer, you know, and she has a fabulous body. Just perfect, and because of that, and her model looks, Michael has tended to set his sexier pieces on her. You can be quite exposed up there on stage in those leotards, especially the flesh colored ones that are intended to give a nude look. But Evie is definitely a bit of an exhi...
IT WAS ONE OF THOSE late October afternoons in Los Angeles that isn't as nice as it looks. Still warm, but the onshore breeze had an edge that promised a chilly night. The washed-out blue of the sky and the sunlight's soothing honey hue were due to the yellow crud mixed with thin fog that we had to breathe but pretended to ignore. I got up from my swivel ch...
Just a note, I did send in revisions on my earlier chapters so there should be a different format on chapters 1-4. The storyline is the same, but it might be worth it to revisit those chapters. On with the show! Chapter 9: Sacrifice "The child is dead." "The child is dead." The child is dead." The child is dead." The child is dead." The child is dead." S...
Author's note: I noticed something peculiar when I went through my story. I messed up the timelines and some few things I wanted to retcon like abilities and some scenes. In my defense, when I started this story I was deep in fantasy land and wrote whatever that came to my mind, this turned out to be a mistake. By the start of chapter four, I had a more stru...