Thanks for all the votes and comments. If Preston didn't see the answer before here it is: I find the comments very motivating and read all of them. Nothing is more encouraging at 5 AM than what you all write in response to me. (I like to write before work. It's probably normal somewhere!) Thank you again, send any feedback - good, bad, or indifferent - It...
Yes, I am back with a new chapter. I know it's a few weeks late, but here it is and I hope you will enjoy it. I also have some additional good news. The rough drafts of chapters 9 and 10 are written and I have several Word doc. pages of chapter 11. Note: Given how many jZav words I have been including in the text I am finding the use of multiple asterisks t...
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*** This story is set in the medieval Viking age, with elements of horror, and has MINIMAL erotic content. *** The Story Of Mist 1. Shortcomings (a tale of the Valkyrie Mist, set in Midgard) Cattle die, and kinsmen die,And so one dies one's self,One thing now, that never dies,The fame of a dead man's deeds.(Bellow's translation) Cattle die, kindred die,...
The sun was probably shining bright over Salt Lake City by then, but we hadn't opened the curtains. As we patted one another dry after our shower, chatting casually more like a pair of old friends than a former couple, I found I really didn't want to open the curtains any time soon. I didn't want to go downstairs for our complimentary breakfast, I didn't w...
January 27th, 1885 Tarant, United Kingdom Our little weather beaten, disheveled trio had set a good, steady pace through the vastness of wilderness between the town of Shrouded Hills and the city of Tarant, which sat astride the Hadrian River like some ungainly colossus. While those weeks had been rife with ambushes by small raiding parties of kites, the...
The proximity alarm pinged, and Zena looked up at the bridge's main navigation display. "Ten seconds to reversal", a calm female voice announced. Zena sighed and strapped herself into the pilot's chair. "You can skip the countdown, Shan", she said curtly, as she waited for the ship to revert to realspace. Exactly ten seconds after the alarm, the ship shook...
Only two weeks after the public execution of Captain Helman, Careena and Kalas began a return journey to Kennai Palace. They would only stay one night before traveling to Daarkscrag to meet with King Drakin. Kalas had intended on staying behind, but Careena had begged him to come. Knowing that his presence was the only thing that kept her from losing complet...
***It can be a little startling, certainly. Sometimes, when you're in just the right place for it, geographically as well as within yourself, someone can just, ... get to you. It can be a lot of trouble, usually, but then, some of the greatest loves begin that way too. 0_o --------------- Book of the Merren Part 7 Selena's jaw dropped as she looked around...
"Who was that Master," Sonia asked sleepily as I hung up the phone. "It's kind of early for random calls, and you didn't just hang up on them, so it must have been important." "It was Julien actually. He knows I am usually awake by six and was too excited to wait any longer. I'm happy to inform you that Julia Marie Slade was born this afternoon. Seven pound...