Saturday seemed to come all too quickly for Virginia. She sat at her dressing table pinning her hair into a severe chignon wearing her most unflattering dress. She was determined to look as unattractive as possible. Lucy, her maid, entered and exclaimed, "Oh, miss. Did you forget Mr. Thompson is coming this afternoon? Perhaps we can find you something prett...
Emily visits the Vet Dr Emily Koumides no longer exists, legally she has become Bitch Emily, property of the Repatriation Company. She has freely given up her human rights in return for the RC taking on her debts, her legal status now is that of an owned pet. All of this happened within 12 hours of the college lecturer visiting her best student Lucy at home...
August 25, 2028, Tampa Bay, Florida Daniel "Dan" Orsini downed another pint of the best microbrew along the coast, as he saw it, anyway, as he saw his twin brother Bruno "Dale" Orsini enter the bar in a much better mood than before. He didn't know what was going on, exactly, but something told him that he was about to learn. Something was up, and he resiste...
Howard was pulling on the handle to the second drawer of his personal file cabinet, when Aunt Jean appeared at side door of her garage. "Honey, Gail called. She sounded a little upset. She wants you to go to Atwood's office. She said you should come by before you go to work, but ... well, she did sound upset about something." "Okay, I'll go on by there now...
The old bed creaked as never before as Charlie Rokeby, now the fourth Baron Ashfordly ravished Mary the Rev Peasbody's youngest daughter for the third time in as many hours. "I fear I am become a wanton strumpet" she giggled. "No a willing partner, and you intact until this very forenoon, my eye what a turn up. I mistake you for a boy then we find ourselve...
Detective Graciela Chavez was skilled at using her body. A sway of her hips, the toss of her hair, the flick of her lips. Where men used force or guns to intimidate, Graciela used her sexuality. Only the Lieutenant knew the full extent of her secret activities. The truth was, it helped arrest many high-profile individuals. She reflected on these hard trut...
There are a set of untold rules in The Underground. One of those rules is "If you lose control, you lose The Game." Janice knew that rule very well. It was how she had survived and made it to this day, after all. It was 2:30 AM, on the corner next to the local strip club. Janice was standing there, watching as late-night folk made their way home or was s...
Cassie blinked and tried to understand what Ethan had just said. Was he really telling her to take his virginity? She had just read the book. It was clear that he would die. "No. I can't." "Cassie listen to me. Just do it and then you can escape. You can go into town and get the police. You can tell people about what happened. You can warn others." Cassie...
Chapter 5 -- A Hunch About Lunch The school day was finished, much to Jenny and Sarah's relief, and it was time for lunch. On the way to the dining hall, a question surfaced in Sarah's mind. "I wonder whether there will be anything out of the ordinary about lunch?" she asked her companion, "After all, look at the classes. I have a hunch about lunch; someth...
I'm reminded of the fable of "The Grasshopper and the Ant," where the ant spends all summer and fall preparing for the harsh winter while the grasshopper plays. The grasshopper tells the ant he is silly for working so hard, that food is abundant and the weather's far too nice to be working. Of course, the ant warns the foolish grasshopper that winter is comi...