Back in the summer of 1997, I needed a summer school credit in order to graduate. So I signed up for ENC 1001, English Composition. There were a variety of writing topics, but one of them was a "saturation" paper. The idea was for a group of students to go to a location as a group, immerse ourselves in the surroundings and write about the things we saw, tryi...
***Author's Note*** This story is a companion piece to my earlier story "Wish Granted" and any stories in the "Wish Granted" series. You don't have to read those to understand this story. They are all meant to make sense individually, as well as together. *********************************** Aurélie prowled the massive garden that held flowers on its tree...
In another day, Miriam Dowling would either be immortal or she would be dead. The provisions had run out this morning. She'd already sent back her guides a week ago; their job was only to take her to the mountain pass described on the ancient map she'd bought. After a week of threading her way through icy ravines and down rocky defiles, in the freezing cold...
"Ryna, Ryna! Wake up you lazy-ass lump!" called a voice from near Ryna. Opening his eyes, he was greeted by the beautiful sight of Sensara's back, putting on a collared shirt that looked like part of a uniform, calling over her shoulder for him to get up. "No way, I'm going back to sleep," he mumbled, turning away from her. He knew that she wouldn't give up...
On the sixth day, like the Bible says God created man and woman. The man was the first and named him Adam because he was formed out of the soil from the ground. God breathed into his nostrils and he became a living soul wrapped in a perfect physique of a human being –perfect tan, perfect teeth, perfect face. God had planted a garden in Eden, in the East, and...
A huge thanks to my editor without whom this story would not be possible to publish. * I stood on the balcony looking out onto the grounds of the castle. It had been over a week since I had been bitten by Damien. I had been confined to my room since as I was a danger to others during my first week. As I went through the change I had fits of anger. With m...
Zombies, zombies, zombies. Why was everybody talking about that species in movies and books and they became a real problem all of a sudden? The name is Marianne Laban, and I was born in the City of Addis Ababa, in the Capital region of Ethiopia on February 6, 1989. In mortal life, I think I was a fairly attractive chick. Five-foot-nine, slim but curvy where...
My name is Dr. Ana Breelander and I am the Millie B. Duckworth Professor of Cultural Anthropology and Linguistics at Laurel College. That's a lot to live up to back home in Tuckus Falls. Most of my family still believes linguistics is something dirty you do with your mouth. My passion is primarily in native tongues and pre-industrial tribes, but whose isn'...
Kara'it (the apostrophe is like a cheek click) decided that it was time to mate. Her people had long-ago discovered the secret of interstellar travel and had visited the planet that rotated below her many times. They had observed the inhabitants; using television reception, remote observation devices, and the behavior and anatomy of people brought aboard the...
My name is Samuel Xavier. Also known as Brother Samuel. I'm a big and tall, good-looking young Black man living in the city of Brockton, Massachusetts. I'm a first-year student at Suffolk Law School in downtown Boston. Right now, I'm visiting the town of Detroit, Michigan. Along with the District of Columbia in Washington, Harlem in New York, Atlanta in Geor...