The planet is drifting in weightless eternity. Its oxygen rich environment is nearly earth like in every aspect. Even its appearance is a green jewel in a colorless black void. It offers a breathtaking view unlike anything in a thousand light years. Despite this, the world is so mundane that it's currently neither colonized nor catalogued. But for the people...
She looks around one last time. The room is huge! White walls, a maroon border at the top and bottom, and a matching carpet. The king-sized bed has a gorgeous maroon and gold paisley print bedspread and matching pillows. A dozen pillows! There's a huge picture window across from the door. She draws the maroon colored curtains and darkens the room. She turns...
Keeping away from nutcases is always a good idea. My problem is that I'm basically a magnet for them. Seriously, on the bus, the train and at work, at the school library and everywhere I go. They're there, passive-aggressively sneezing, coughing, staring, spitting and hatefully staring in my general direction. Can someone save me from them? The name is Samue...
Step by step instructions on how men can finally have a happy Christmas This story is for men. If you do not have a penis, be forewarned that this story is not for you. This story is about men and for men. Men only. Unless you are a Tomboy with tits bigger than your IQ and know not only how many quarters (hint) there are in a football game but also how many...
Section 01 The following story started out as a character project I had to do in high school. I liked what I came up with so much I expanded on it several times since then. Now nearly eight years later I am possibly finishing it. This is just the very beginning of this story as I have much more to post. I want to hear your reactions, comments, and critiques...
IN THE BEGINNING Chapter One The deepest, darkest, depths of Peru. It was to be Laura's first excursion into the untamed jungles of the world having finally come of age. As a child, she had travelled significantly with her father, but she had always been left at home when he went on his tomb-raiding excursions. Her father had since perished at the hands o...
Chapter 7 - A day in Monterey Mike woke up the next morning after the best night of sleep he had enjoyed for several months. He felt not just rested, but truly refreshed. He had gone to bed happy and woken up happy. On top of his good mood, he slept well because for the first time all semester he had not had to put up with the muffled sounds of electronic...
It was a very hot July week; well past Scott lunch hour, and nearly time to consider an evening meal; but he was still on the road peddling his company's products and still no sales. Scott was an agent for the Greater Northern Mutual Insurance Company and had been working a long list of company generated cold leads, given him by his office manager. Scott had...
Chapter 9 - Two conversations The following morning, to the surprise of everyone in the English literature course, "Mr. Know-it-all" sat next to the girl who had pinned him with that nick-name. Of course, the rest of the class and the professor had no way of knowing what had happened between Mike and Ruthie over the weekend and had incorrectly assumed that...
Ron was impressed at how quickly Helena, or Marie, had recovered her poise. She'd looked very flushed when she saw him and hadn't been able to make eye contact. She seemed to get it back together quickly; Ron didn't think the doctor had noticed anything. Ron felt uncomfortable. He found it difficult to judge what to say with Helena there. He couldn't shake...