We could see the Space Station. Gently rotating around its axis. 400 year history, it was massive almost 5 miles across by some accounts, it had to be, since many number of people were using it as a stop station to earth and all. Any number of days you could see aliens on it just living their lives normally, waiting to eventually move on to next part of thei...
The rash exploit had been accomplished; and for an hour Passepartout laughed gaily at his success. Sir Francis pressed the worthy fellow's hand, and his master said, "Well done!" which, from him, was high commendation; to which Passepartout replied that all the credit of the affair belonged to Mr. Fogg. As for him, he had only been struck with a "queer" idea...
I got to shoot Shame's gun today. He took me to the furthest corner of our property so that pa wouldn't hear the gunshots. It made me feel ten feet tall to shoot such a powerful weapon. I was awkward, but in Shame's hands, it was an extension of his body. Afterwards, Shame ruffled my hair and we rode back to the house. Shame's presence made me feel safe, saf...
Damn! He was in love with her. Almost five and a half years together now, and still whenever he thought of her, his heart would swell until his chest ached. His heart was not the only organ to increase in size with thoughts of her. His only regret in life was the forty-five years he had spent looking for a partner and lover like her. There had been two ex...
You may have seen the TV programme about how to pay off your mortgage in two years. My husband Alan and I watched it and were inspired to see if we could do it. We had been married for ten years and had bought a small house, partly using some money I had inherited, and although we had kept our mortgage down a reasonable level by today's standards, we still o...
Sometimes major events result from the smallest of consequences. For want of a shoe a horse was lost. For want of a horse a kingdom was lost. Everyone knows that scenario. The situation that ensnared my wife Emily, and to a lesser extent, myself began with a trip to New York City. It was to be a day away from our suburban existence, the shops, a show, a stro...
Chapter - 1 Jade was laying on the white sandy beach in Thailand. The sun was shining hot enough to make her sweat but the cool breeze kept her comfortable. As she lay on her back feeling the soft towel beneath her Jade listened to the breeze blowing though the palm trees that lined the beach. A vacation alone on the opposite side of the world was more adve...
Christmas Eve: Y2K Simulated flakes flutter lightly in sixty-seven degrees of southern winter. Yards away an ice-truck continues to generate faux snow. Palm trees wrapped in white-spiral, icicle lights decorate the walkway. Luminously tall, primary colored candy canes-compliment the topiary, fashioned in the likeness of toy soldiers. At the center of the...
Outside the darkened hut, the beat of voodoo drums rose and fell in intensity. My heartbeat synchronized with the rhythms, gunning blood through my veins like water through a fire hose. My focus blurred into a tunnel. I had no peripheral vision at all. Every cell in my eyes focused on the woman in front of me in the wavering candlelight. The deep rich color...
This story follows "What's in the Big Chocolate Box? ch 1" but can be read on its own. The couple was introduced in "What's in the Big Box?", but that is a freestanding adventure. Rachlou helped with characterization and plot holes, wicked woman edited. All errors or perversions are mine alone. * Luci had worried her confession might upset me, but of cours...