She woke slowly, the pain slicing through her skull as torches and candles blazed all around her. Quiet footsteps approached with a rustle of dusty skirts. Her eyes wouldn't quite focus and her mouth felt dry as tinder. "I see you have finally decided to join us. We could proceed without you but this way is so much more fun!" The high thin giggle that follo...
The sun shifted lower in the sky. I gathered the best specimens I could find to bring back to Camille's garden. Once the light had left the forest, I pushed the stone back from the hole to wait for my lover to wake. Much as I expected she was cranky. I let her feed before I brought her to the stream to wash off the dirt. We sped home with our precious cargo...
"Let Alex and I fuck one last time?" Vanessa's words were coy, teasing and spoken with a smile. I snapped my head to look at her with an incredulous expression on my face. How could she possibly want to have sex at that point? Did she really think I could enjoy myself knowing the weight of the world hung over our heads, poised to fall and crush us at any m...
A vast forest stood before him, not as dense as his home but forest nonetheless. The trees, mostly ash and pine with some oak and spruce, at forty feet, stunted compared to the Mushtran trees, which were at least a hundred and seventy. Being used to the forest and feeling oppressed by the vast nothingness he had traversed he was glad for the shade. He rested...
Kari Wagner looked across the courtroom at the sexy cop, Xavier Avery. She had secretly watched him since he started appearing in traffic court some months ago. He was gorgeous, but she was afraid he knew that all too well. He was tall, over six feet, with black hair and the most striking green eyes. She could get lost in those eyes, stare into them while he...
Rata bit her lip as they emerged from the forest. Their small campsite...and Fate...loomed large before them. She cast a furtive glance at him. They had barely said a word all the way back. Yes, she supposed in the dark it was wise to concentrate upon the journey, make certain not to step on anything, rocks, animals or trip and fall. But still, she got the f...
They say no two snowflakes are alike, that each is unique. But as the wind whipped flakes into a blizzard-fueled frenzy, each felt like the same sharp-edged blade, ripping through the air to slice into my skin. I huddled further into my oversized coat, shivering as cold air slithered under its edges. Massachusetts winters are not for the faint of heart, and...
Chapter 2: Waiting Rain beat down on the tin roof above Devon Connors' head, save for a few spots where no roof existed. Thankfully, she'd been shoved into the only spot in the room that didn't have a hole in the ceiling, a dark corner behind the door. In all honesty, it was the first time she'd been thankful for that dry little corner. She'd envied the gir...
(Note: This isn't finished yet, but it's a taster piece. Let me know what you think, and I hope ya enjoy). --------- The bus stop was empty as when I walked in, blown about in the wind that was beginning to pick up a bit. The clouds had started gathering around lunch time, so it was likely to rain soon. The sky was dark, threatening, with a static tension...
Sandra shook her fist with rage at the uncaring sky. "Dammit!" she cursed. Sandra pounded on the steering wheel of her old jeep and again tried the key. The engine responded with a sickening silence. She "had" been enjoying her day up to this point. She spent the day at the beach working on her golden tan. She had met up with a couple of her girlfriends...