Nightswimming, remembering that nightSeptember's coming soonI'm pining for the moonAnd what if there were twoSide by side in orbitAround the fairest sun? – R.E.M Nightswimming August 31, 2002 Water flowed past me, and I thought of the nature of time – a common preoccupation of late. Time as a river was a metaphor so old, it was a cliché. Time is a river...
Authors Notes: Disclaimer: Celebrity appearances in this series are in no any way to be considered realistic. They are included for the entertainment of open-minded adults only. Their thoughts, words, and deeds are in no way indicative of the real celebrity. They exist here only to build a story around. Frank Harris had just seated himself at his rada...
Journalists and photographers from all nations flooded the CDC headquarters for the press conference. They packed the lobby from wall to wall, every conversation, regardless of language, was speculative. Normally a conference like this would take place in Washington, but this time the CDC was addressing the world alongside a representative of the WHO. On top...
Winter Sunshine (1) ------------------ Friday, 18 October ------------------ The old Jaguar sped along the main road, the harsh noise of its engine echoing off the stone walls of the row of cottages on the edge of Eastbrook. It quickly climbed the steep slope of the hill, its headlights cutting through the early morning mist. Past the neat rows of new ho...
As the train inched closer to the Pasadena depot, Leonard's apprehensive level rose to the point of near panic. Sheldon tried to calm him down and he nearly had to drag him to the bar and ordered him a stiff drink. The train stopped at the station and Leonard just wanted to stay on the train and head back east. "Sheldon, you did promise my mother, sister an...
Somehow, Chrystal's head turned robotically in my direction as her mouth opened in a visible display of shock and awe. "You." She mouthed putting a hand to her cheek. Before I could react, she was running directly at me with murderous intent only to be taken down by studio security. "GET OFF ME; I'M GOING TO FUCK HIM UP!! I'M GONNA GET YOU FOR THIS, I SWEA...
—Evanslily, thank you.— * "C'mon! Give me that—oh, damn." Noah always loved a vocal woman but tonight Jillian's barrage of instructions distracted instead of aroused. He'd been fucking her long enough—and well—to do without a GPS readout. "Yeah-yeah-yeah!" she chanted in one breath then sagged onto her elbows, groaning while she fisted the sheets. He sp...
Under the kitchen table, Claire's knee pressed up against my leg yet again. "Stop it," I whispered angrily and shifted away. It was really annoying. I was trying to do our homework assignment, and it was getting late. Heaven knows that neither Claire, who was sitting to my right, nor Stephanie, who was around the corner of the table on my left, was going to...
*** Sarkopheros Says: The wait is finally over. After 315 days, ten long months, I have two new Brod stories for you, each almost 10,000 words in length. That's 315 days since the last story of any description, however, which was Hyper Jae: Stroke! Part 2. It's been 421 days since the last Brod, which was The Bachelorette, Part 1. Over a year ago. Howe...
The twin apartment towers faced each other across an almost resort sized swimming pool nestled in its own garden and surrounded by a huge patio that only lacked a poolside bar to make you think that you were in the tropics instead of here, at home in Victoria. Maeve, a tall redheaded woman with freckles on her upturned nose and spattered across the tops of...