It's a gray old morning typical of winter in Melbourne, you miss the sun but that's just how it is. I'd hate it in some ways if it wasn't like this, the constant sunshine and heat in the tropics isn't my scene, I love having four seasons. With the seasons comes the variety, the change in mood, the change in activities and most importantly, the change in what...
They have everything in Japan. I could tell you some tales that'd - nah, I shouldn't. You'd think I was bullshit, and I don't wanna... Alright, alright, but keep this to yourself, okay. I was over there, last year I think it was, the company had me doing the rounds at the many, many fast food corporations they have over there. From Yoshinoya to KFC (a whol...
The sun rose over the City of Napata, Capital of the Kush Empire, and bathed the African metropolis in its eerie light. In the antechamber that had become his dwelling, the Vampire stirred restlessly. Even this far below ground, he could feel the sun bathing the landscape, and knew it was time for slumber. Yet, try as he might, the Vampire could not sleep. H...
© 2019, All rights reserved -- mimaster ~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Martina was fidgeting in the passenger seat, her hand clutching a large shopping bag. Her husband Alphonso was at the wheel, carefully navigating the rolling terrain of the Shenandoah Valley. "Step on it, honey. We're going to be the last ones there," she pleaded for at least the fifth time that he cou...
-one- Fifteen minutes later back in my motel room, just as I opened the door, the telephone was ringing. "Hello." "Scott Norton?" I didn't recognize the voice. It was low and soft, a man. "Eddie Schwartz," he said. "I use to know a buddy of. yours back in Pittsburgh. I saw your photo in the paper last week. Remember Audie Miller?" Who would forget...
Chapter 1. New guy on the block. Victoria When Victoria woke up that Saturday morning, she had no idea that her life was about to change. She was blasting her favorite band on her Bluetooth speaker while showering, singing along to the songs while warm water washed away the soap and shampoo from her naked body. She felt like such a dork standing in the sho...
Garter Belts and Cigarettes Page One It was the movement that first caught my eye. That automatic sequence of movements done by muscle memory, repeatedly and without thinking, dexterous and complete - the red nail fingertips of her right hand, several silver rings on her fingers, flipping open the top of the box. One finger aligned the flipped up lid so t...
Chesapeake City, Maryland. The annual mid-summer hedonistic ritual known as canal day. A little bedroom community located right on the water with a couple of marinas and only one real road in or out of town. It's main attraction is the water. And canal day. Canal day started out as a celebration of boating and life on the waters edge, but over the years ha...
For the students, the rest of the day went by without by without a problem. The police took Seth off to jail after taking witness reports from Nik and Suzy. More and more students gossiped about what happened. Unintentionally, Mr. Knight had taken down the top gang leader and one of his lieutenants in only a couple weeks. The power vacuum being created was i...
This is the twentieth installment of Mrs. Hart's Ache Chapter XI "…Top Floor, going down…" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Author's note: see the Index of Terms for the definition of any word with which you are not familiar. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is a simple tale of retribution, wherein the young hero teaches the mother of his newest gi...