There is a pause, and then the dialling tone begins, distant and tinny. Your voice answers, cautious. "Who is this?" "I think you know," I reply. You chuckle. I love the way you laugh, that rich deep womanly voice of yours. I ask if you are alone. "Yes," you reply. "He is out in the garden, doing some jobs. I have a little time." I ask if you are w...
Valentina took a long drag from the cigarette perched between her delicate fingers. She exhaled, the wispy trails of smoke drifting through her flowing brown hair and out the open window of the taxi-cab. In the back seat she sat relaxed, exuding a glow of confidence. She noticed the driver taking long glances at her through the rear-view mirror. She didn't m...
Rogue woke up the next morning with her mouth open and slobber running down her chin. She had stayed up late last night with Lily and couldn't remember when she had gone home. She sat up from her awkward angle on the couch, rubbing her painful neck which she was gingerly twisting about. A flushing toilet could be heard in the distance causing her eyes to wid...
"C'mon Cat, please?" "No!" "Pleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleaseplease . . . . " "OKAY ALREADY!!! JEEZUS H. CHRIST!!!!" "Thanks Cat, I really appreciate it." "So what's your cousin's name again?" "Bob. He lives in San Francisco. He's only coming for the weekend . . . . . a long weekend . . . . . five days tops . . . . . definite...
Cameron and Maria lay in bed with only sweat covering their naked bodies. Both were completely spent and it was only Friday, their first night together. Maria was tucked in Cameron's arms as they started to drift off to sleep. It all started so innocently she thought as she allowed sleep to overtake her body. ~~ 4:15am. Shit, I've got to get another j...
At the base of Mount Olympus, near to the border between the realms of mortals and gods, there was a large and glorious hot spring. The waters of the spring bubbled up from the ground, warmed by the fire of Hades, and the bathes it formed ranged in temperature from comfortably warm to scalding hot. The air was always thick with steam and pleasantly scented t...
Jeremy lay dying. It wasn't unexpected, he had been terminally ill for several years. What really bugged him though, was that he was only 13 years old and hadn't gotten to do all the things boys his age dreamed of. Hell, he was still a virgin, even though he had started puberty the previous year, before he got really sick. At least, he was at home and had hi...
This is 100% a work of fiction springing from my own imagination. Any resemblance to real events or people (be they living, dead or zombie) is no more than a startling coincidence. * "Hello . . ." He looked up from his book. There was a young woman in the doorway to his bedroom. She looked to be about twenty-five. "How did you get into my house?" "I, u...
The Ulleann Pipes are real and the music that comes from these simple reeds and covered or uncovered finger-holes is haunting. Some of the pieces still claw at my soul. Here are YouTube titles, for those that want to hear such music for yourselves: Davy Spillane - Caoineadh Cu Chulainn Uilleann Pipes.flv I am asleep (Air) & The Clumsy Lover (Reel) Uilleann...
Games and Distractions It was long past noon and the weather wasn't exactly making their long road to As'arain easy. With a minor sandstorm roaring outside the group were sitting inside a cave waiting for the weather to improve. Zalen sighed, lounging against the wall. The others were killing time in various ways, Darnac had dozed off, Coryel was sharpeni...