Her eyes slowly opened, brilliant green wide eyes the color of emeralds or the green, green grass that grew in the gardens during the all too brief months of spring and summer. They were slitted. Like a cats, people would always say. Even after all this time, she couldn't help roll her eyes when someone said that. It was so...cliché. Obvious. Obvious or not...
This story has a science fiction element to it. It involves a literal Martian slut ray. So why isn't it in a different category? Two reasons. The first, is that there is very little actual science in this story that would hold up to any kind of scrutiny. The second, and more important reason, is that I first encountered the phrase "zapped by the Martian sl...
Author's Note: This post is a bit unusual for this series. Not only does it have no sex – but it has two chapters for the price of one! The reason for this is that Chapter Four is relatively short and introduces the first glimpse of the villains of this story. Well, the villains beyond an unknown virus! And such, views that are not shared by the author of...
Thanks, Tigerssman for helping me with this story. *** The war was now entering its eighth year since I have last seen you. Everyone except CPO Hope had put their twenty years in. Fleet admiral Lee was now stateside, having just one goal left she needed to do before she left the Navy, to give Cadet Hope, Maria's daughter, her commission. Doc, CPO Hope, Adm...
All day long, the sky seemed hazy. In this sprawling metropolis on the Gulf Mexico, where urban planners were constantly over-ruled by development oriented elected officials, the air moisture seemed strange. After all, when politicians have real estate investments, or urban sprawl developmental interests, the collusion is in your face. Regardless, the smoggy...
PROLOGUE A quartet of young adults gather to hear the tale of Moses, a former slavedriver turned shepherd and studly husband, who leads his people to freedom with the aid of divine Big Dick Energy. We begin at the seder table, where four young twentysomethings (THE FOUR CHILDREN) have gathered to hear the story of the EXXXodus. They are: RACHEL, The Good...
"I'm tellin' you, Beth, this could be a double date!" Maggie had to raise her voice over the machinegun fire. "Shit. This guy has an aimbot, I think. But I like being in my dorm room!" "You said it yourself! Seeing how Nichelle and Anna had boyfriends made you realize that you could, too." "Right! So I get the lesson from the afternoon special, and all of...
"I wouldn't, no, please..." She couldn't believe the words had come out her mouth. She knew she mustn't say a thing or even raise her eyes or she'd fail the march of shame, but she couldn't help it. She couldn't stop herself. Her words were her shield against the words coming at her, which were even worse, insult after insult, imbued with so much anger and...
This story plays fast and loose with Ancient History and Linguistics; be warned. Life gives you two chances to get it right; be who you want to be, or who you need to be. Editing magic performed by KJ24 and Shyqash, plus contributions by the regular gang of brigands and neer-do-wells. There is a bit of mangling of the Iliad going on. I apologize to Homer...
If your wife were away from home at 10:00 p.m., would you be worried? I wouldn't, because all I have to do is turn on the local news to see exactly what she's doing. My wife, Carol Martin, is the local co-anchor for the nightly news on the leading local tv channel here in Birmingham. She's as gorgeous as she is intelligent, and a lot of the smart money is...