Chapter 1: Need More Gil Cloud needed money but he was tired of fighting for it. His competitors were pathetically skilled street fighters with or without weapons. The money was good and fast, the only reason he had stuck to it. There weren't many fit jobs in Midgar and so Cloud kept fighting. "Bam!" The strong man fell on his back with a clap on the pavem...
Chapter One - The Interview The listing with the headhunter was pretty straightforward: PERSONAL ASSISTANT NEEDED, Must be dedicated, Work intimately with company president, Wide variety of responsibilities, Excellent pay, Many benefits, Long hours. That was it in a nutshell. All I wanted was the best person for the job. Someone to take care of the details,...
It's often said that doctors make the worst patients and I was feeling fretful enough to prove the point. Still, it was a day that would cause any Londoner to chafe at having to remain indoors: high summer and a cloudless sky outside as the sun warmed the cobblestones of Baker Street and smiled through the opened windows of number 221B. The chemical retorts...
It was good to be in space again. The past few days had been busy, but also quite productive. Por had reduced he strength of his concoction (simply by diluting it, I suspected, although I didn't ask) so that it would serve its purpose without turning Anne into a gang rape waiting to happen. He had also given me a potent libido suppressant to make sure I cou...
Epilogue PRINCESS PRESTIRA TIADOA Being a Highland princess was a lonely ordeal. Though my mother was a "free spirit" and encouraged me to make friends outside of the castle, I couldn't bring myself to do it. A princess had her place, and it was not with the commoners on the street. That was why my only friend was my cousin, Adrianna Straltaira. Adri's m...
Another successful installment of this series. It is so much fun plotting, planning, and writing this storyline. I hope you enjoy it and please vote, comment, or drop me a message. This portion begins with Ghost arriving at the other end of the Kwa gate. What will he find and discover? Let's see. Pull up a seat and settle in for part eight. Atlantis or Bust...
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...
Chapter 21 -- Prep and Travel Word quickly got around the Circle to those outside the security committee and their families that the place was on some kind of security threat. We were using more and more of the human resources for guard duty and as back-up snipers. There was some concern, but the impetus for the concern was never fully revealed. Those who h...
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...
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...