This was supposed to come out, you guessed it, Black Friday. But, apparently my recent illness not only affected my dexterity, it also affected my acuity. I wrote the whole thing with little punctuation, and it got rejected for poor grammar. I hope I got enough fixed that you can actually read it. Enjoy. ................................................ Th...
Chapter 1 "Kill her, and be done with it." Two Avarian brutes had caught her, disturbingly easily -- her head was ringing from the force of being suddenly slammed into the ubiquitous graphite composite of which much of her civilization was built. She had no idea it was so hard. Rain began, though she hardly noticed. The one who had thrown her, now punche...
Sam Martin sat back in his office in Kentucky, thinking over the news he'd just gotten. The Commander had fallen... not to a bullet, or a bomb; not to any sort of enemy action. To simple old age. An enemy nobody could fight for too long. 'Well' he thought, as he hoisted his small glass of grape juice towards the west, towards the resting place of the man he'...
Chapter 1 Pledging the Nu Chi Epsilon Sorority Dee Ellis had made plans to enter Nuke University this fall. Most of her thoughts were wrapped up in pledging The Nu Chi Epsilon Sorority. Her mother and her grandmother belonged to this sorority during their years of college. Dee was assured by her mother that great experiences lay ahead of her during her fir...
Note to Reader Yes, this is the first story I've posted on here since 2002. My other story "Laraloubaye" was never completed, though the ideas are still very much in my imagination. Meanwhile, this new one, "Oshun" is not so much a story as it is a description of the society that the title character in my first story came from – the "Zoue" (as you'll see be...
Chapter Sixty YAVARA The first thing I noticed when I awoke, was the familiar warmth of hair atop my head. It was strange, but the most jarring part of being burned half to death was the feeling of cold air against my bald pate. The missing limbs and skin were somehow secondary, and so the recovery of those lost things came as a second realization to me....
"And that class is the way you generate the positive ions necessary for the growth of your bacteria colonies"droned Mr. Hendricks. Zeke Jordan faded in between consciousness in his Biotech class as the teacher explained the finer details of bacteria colony cultivation, but truth be told his thoughts were elsewhere. It was May 3rd the day before his eightee...
Author's note: this is my very first published story; it was done with much input , help and encouragement from friends. A special thank you to The Tall Man for his suggestions and editing. (I.O.U. a B.J - anytime you choose to collect). There is no under age sex in this story - all characters are over 18 years of age. Part One -- The Pilgrimage begins Th...
Chapter Twenty-Three James was waiting outside for Carolyn to emerge from the isolation section of her laboratory. When she came through the door and saw him, she ran to him, threw her arms around him and planted a kiss on his lips. "I've missed you so much." "What a welcome," he smiled, "a man can get used to this." "I'm feeling tired," she smirked. "H...
Jeanette sat stiffly at her vanity as her servants prepared her for the coronation. Because the dress for the occasion had been specially made, the seamstress joined with her usual servants to assist in putting it on the soon to be Queen. Jeanette's own servants braided and styled her hair, then applied red lipstick and blue eyeliner to her face. Her cheeks...