Chapter 1 – CB's First Encounter "Did you finish the quadratic equations and the factoring?" Amy asked me. She was the math wiz in the group. "Yeah, they weren't too bad this week. You probably breezed through them. How about Mrs. Sovern's English assignment? I can't write about a significant experience from childhood! Do you get what she's after?" Others...
We were sitting around after the day's work on Friday in the local dive we called our bar. The four of us were listening to Bill Chapman explain again how he had just discovered his wife of 25 years had had an affair a while back. The other three had offered him their support and pointed out repeatedly the cost of a divorce if he decided to go that route. Th...
Authors note... Hello everyone; This was more of an exercise in alternative writing for me. I wanted to create a different earth with a new history. All while getting in a good bit of sex. So, this is my attempt at doing that and I hope you will forgive my bad spelling and grammar enough to enjoy it. I'll add that this is not meant to fully reflect our ow...
The Passenger Chapter 5 In space, especially in hyperspace, you are completely isolated. In realspace it's distance, gravity and delta-vee (the term pilots use for differences in velocity) that keeps you physically separated from anyone outside the ship. Yes, communication is still possible, but the high cost of planet-to-ship comms keeps that to a minimu...
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Note - to the anonymous user who suggested I read my stories out loud while editing, thank you very much! Your advice was a huge help and allowed me to catch several errors, as well as drawing my eye to several sentences that needed a rewrite in order to flow better. Appreciated! X X X X X Previously on "Midnight Movie Club" - Four college students cross p...
Trish, my wife of a dozen years, had just returned home from dropping our two kids at their grandparents when the temperature started to drop. The forecast called for a deep cold snap and we planned to enjoy it by spending our time with a glass of wine by the warm fire before moving to the bedroom. "Wine!" she called out from down the hall as she changed....
The imperial elven capital's airship port was more like a large field of towers and landing spots than a traditional seaport. Different sized rotating towers lifted up platforms of cargo and people with magical ease while their steady humming filled the air. On top of the usual traffic several new patrol class cruisers were in the middle of their launch pre...
This is an origin story for something I've been writing for some time. If it's popular I'm happy to write more. I hope you enjoy. Contains everything you know about me. Thank you for having a read friends. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx The Queen stood at her window looking out into the sky as the sun rose. It would be entering its highest point in t...
This is a work of fiction. All characters depicted are 18 or over. ***** THE PRODIGAL Another passing storm dumped its load all over the penned yacht, tugging restively at her moorings in the buffeting gusts. This endless parade of thunderheads reminded the old man of belligerent drunks, wandering the streets after lockout, banging on doors. It had been r...