The marimba played softly in the background. Aiden slowly opened one eye, staring at the ceiling of his apartment. A wave of lethargy began to dissolve as he leaned over and looked at his iPhone, sitting on his wireless charger on the night stand. "Good morning to you too asshole" he blurted out as he smashed on the button to stop the alarm and reached for...
We still talked as much as ever but I missed her. Just being with her, her fantastic aura and 'joie de vivre'. During one of our late November Skype chats I told her about the upcoming Christmas ball that the school of medicine was running at a very nice hotel on the outskirts of Cambridge. It was a classy event without doubt, this was Cambridge don't forge...
Copyright Oggbashan January 2018 The author asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work. This is a work of fiction. The events described here are imaginary; the settings and characters are fictitious and are not intended to represent specific places or living persons. +++ I was swinging my metal detector from side to side as I wal...
Prologue My name is Xenia, a wife and a mother of 2 children. I am a real estate agent, I manage rental properties and dealing with tenants and landlords. I was a devoted Christian and married to Gab, my husband for 15 years. I am the dominant one in this marriage. Everyone around us knows I am the one wearing the pants around the house. Gab runs his own t...
Ellie dressed excitedly. Mistress Joules never held parties and to be invited; her heart fluttered. Mistress had asked her to arrive early, to help her with the decorations. The though of doing some work filled her with dread so she focused on the fun parts. She wondered who would be there, what the food would be like, thoughts that Mistress might collar her...
Jess came from a small farm town in Michigan, an only child of a Vietnam War Veteran Dennis Young and his third wife Sherry. They were a lower middle class family. As long as she could remember, her parents had bounced around from job to job, barely making ends meet. But their number one goal was to make Jess a happy and a healthy little girl. Luckily, Jess...
Olivia steps out the large doorway, leaving the cooled and comfy interior of her home inside the inner ring of the Graystone mountains. Olivia is a citizen of the Grayland Grazers a society that exists and lives their entire lives in a series of massive underground tunnels that circle running throughout the land beneath the Graystone mountain range. This par...
I'm sorry for the long delays in adding to some of my stories. Partly this is because some are based on truth, and some because I simply don't have the time. If this chapter is shorter than some prefer, I'm sorry. Any feedback is always very welcome, even if very brief. G xx ***** Previously, Georgia had come out to her partner, and moved out. After a mi...
Author's Note: I would like to express my deepest appreciation to AsylumSeeker for so generously providing his editing expertise. His input has proved invaluable to this first-time author. Please note that any errors contained herein are solely my responsibility. ~**~ The bush plane shook as it flew into a current of air. Julia gripped the seat, the blood...
CHAPTER TWO - INTRODUCTION The year was 1963 and two people Penny and Walt met while attending night school at a New Jersey college. While Penny overcame her reluctance to date again, Walt did not allow himself to be locked in to one relationship. The story is told from two points of view, Penny's and Walt's. It is a fictional story that is based on an actu...