"You seem particularly distressed tonight. What's wrong?" Clive cooed with a genteel British lilt. He tossed back the long raven strands of his wig over a bared shoulder as he moved beside Gina to slip a lean muscled arm around her narrow waist. His eyes glimmered like emeralds set in gold glitter rimmed by lashes lacquered with mascara. "Nothing." Gina ja...
Chapter Thirty-three -- The End of the Journey Vesna spent the next day riding west through thick forests, and the day after that riding north. Whenever she was not worried about simple survival she pondered a growing question in her mind: Home...what exactly was home? After ten years of wandering she was no closer to knowing the answer than when she starte...
Chapter Seventeen Intrepid - 3755 C.E. The lawn surrounding the villa that Isaac and his five surviving comrades had secured was littered with the bodies of the recently slaughtered. One corpse belonged to Jacob who'd suffered a martyr's death in the struggle to secure the villa for true believers. Two belonged to the accursed heretical Baptists who'd obsti...
The late afternoon sun shone through aged maples highlighting the blondish red hues in Mary's hair. She sighed, looking around at the courtyard it gave her a fleeting sense of peace; the Baroque Resurrection cathedral was an inspiring sight that always left Mary feeling safe. It's high stonewalls encircling this small courtyard, giving the impression of an...
Peter Samuel Albright's soul left his body as he was walking home from East Finchley station one breezy October Monday. The separation was quick, painless and complete. It was miraculous! "His body"? His soul? Whose? Is the body, which is now walking towards the front door of his house, the property of the Spirit? Or, vice versa, is the mass of cells coll...
As the caverns grew brighter from not only glowing walls and a ceiling filtering in stimulating light Cameron Scott slowed his flight plan. Deciding to drop to the cave floor he dims his rib like armor that entwines his human body. His friends Elle and Malcolm behind him on the alien Technoride hovers with the headlights turned off. Careful sitting the bike...
I. Meeting her was a foregone conclusion. He had decided weeks ago that he would go through with it and get together with her for coffee. The prime question, one of many circling in his head on the drive to the coffee shop was: what would happen after? If he was at all honest with himself, the real question he desperately wanted answered: would they fuck?...
Christine smiled at Juan as he held open the door to her convertible Mercedes. "See you soon, I hope. If you get a chance, say hello to your daughter for me as well." "Thank you Juan. I think I might be back fairly regularly and thank you for respecting Brianna's wishes last night." Then, leaning in and in sotto voce, he adds - "No worries. She is very se...
Thanks for the strong response. I really do appreciate everything you do for me. It gives me something to look forward too. Please keep up the strong responses! The night had grown cold while I was inside. It was past time to find a place to spend the evening. Pulling my coat up closer around my body I started navigating the now deserted streets. I knew wh...
The following is written in UK English, if you don't enjoy my style please pass me by, it's how I was dragged up and even on Lit. I have to live with that. * I'd requested my current lover, Harry, to take me out of my comfort zone: we've swapped before, tried a little bondage but I had not expected his response. When I arrived home Friday evening his hand...