Intrepid - 3756 C.E. Vashti stumbled through the open lawns of the penultimate level where Beatrice had so recently been imprisoned. She reasoned that the android perhaps had an idea of what was happening. How was it possible for a nanobot community to be compromised in such a strange and unprecedented manner? There was nothing in Vashti's vast repository...
Savann looked like a smaller version of Earth. There was a mix of browns and greens with a couple of decent sized blue areas and sections of white clouds. Laruun summarized her planet, "After watching Earth videos for the past 10 years, Savann is an animal planet, with thousands of species of animals, but only 6 that are civilized. There was the feline spe...
I've been doing the "online thing" for so many years it's hard to remember a time when I didn't. Chat rooms, bulletin boards, you name it. I thought I knew all the ins and outs, and frankly, I'd never had a problem with anyone I met in all that time. All these claims about "strangers" online seemed silly to me. This was a community, no different from my own...
Some readers might find my use of Madame or the abbreviation Mme in this story a little formal or old fashioned. This I have done quite deliberately for two reasons. First, the story takes place in rural France where the old fashioned rules of politeness are still observed. With the family, close friends or children forenames and informal (2nd person singula...
There are two things you should know about me: 1) I am a Technical Support person. I work for a quasi-governmental agency (i.e., one that has a private board directing it but has little funds other than from state or federal sources). Yes, I'm a nerd, but a first-rate nerd. My job not only encompasses keeping computer hardware and software up to date but als...
It all began when Coleen Warren told me she needed a ride to the Salisbury District Court House. Short on money, short on friends willing to help, she insisted she had no one else to turn to but me, her probation agent for the past year. Salisbury was over one-hundred miles as the crow flies from where we both lived, the Baltimore Metro region. Her trial dat...
PROSPECT -- Embattled librarian Eve Foucault resigned abruptly Wednesday night after Cincinnatus County Public Schools Superintendent Roy Fraser told a packed school board audience she would not be offered a contract for the 1994-95 school year. Foucault's dramatic resignation ended a two-month standoff between the 24-year-old Howell Elementary librarian an...
She was the perfect vision of carnal innocence. There she stood naked, bathed in the white light of the window, leaning against the footboard of the bed. The entire morning had been a dream come true for Jack. Now exhausted, he tried to control his heavy breathing while he thought about the first time they had met. "Excuse me. Excuse me, you're Jack, Jack M...
All of the people and names included are fictitious. None of these people existed either now or in 1862. ***** Hazel Park E..., Virginia Tuesday April 29th, 1862 Miss Annabelle B..., Orange Plank Road A..., North Carolina Dear Annabelle, I was much encouraged by your letter. There is a wonderful feeling of kinship knowing that we each are engaged i...
The next morning Master Paul woke me gently and had me set to work on his impressive morning wood. Master Paul could convey so much with his body language or a gesture. His quietness combined with his power and sensitivity were, in many ways, a real turn on. After preparing me for the day. He allowed me to watch as he taped up the box that held all of my clo...