A spirit of unease filled the night, capturing it, and defining everything and everyone in its own ideal. Lilly bit her lip, she'd never rode the train alone after dark. It was ill advised. Lilly stared down at the ad clipping. "Secretary needed for converting paper hard copy into Word files. Will be reimbursed generously. Housing will be provided. Seek inf...
"Yes, Ms. Schanz, the connection to the airport is great! You just take the airport train and in less than an hour you are at the airport, so you probably have plenty of time to go shopping in the duty free" came from Walter, but not completely unselfishly as he stood in front of Hannah Schanz, his 21 year-old tenant. In his left hand the 48 year...
The stress was getting to Carla. Having recently moved from a small town, Phoenix with six 6 million residents was hectic. Her new job, her bitchy boss, the deadlines were all piling on. Having met the latest deadlines, we escaped town and turned off our cell phones. The city turned to desert as I plotted our route up and into the mountains. My lovely wife's...
Somewhere in the Rigel 14/4/7 Sector she suddenly appeared outside the viewport. The navicom would indicate exactly where, because I uttered an exclamation and a question: "Great heavens! What's that?" The first part was appropriate, as I was, from the point of view of my planetary starting-point, celestially situated. The second part might equally have been...
"Atkins, can you spare one of those peach-colored roses for me today?" I looked up at Mrs. Deershorn sticking her head out the window above me. The sweet old lady was about 65 and lived in the floor above me in this small apartment complex. I had moved in about 4 months earlier after a bad breakup with my longtime girlfriend. One of the reasons I took this...
NB: There is still about 3 weeks left till the 60th day at this point in the story, so there is still time - in case any of you were wondering. For this chapter, there will be a lot of small scenes so you can imagine it like a movie zooming it on various moments as the characters battle on to survive. Hope you enjoy it! *** During her stay in Kirke's v...
"You have been summoned by the High Priestess." The High Priestess? Nizsm thought to himself. Why ever would she summon me? The elderly manservant clad in a long, clay coloured robe clarified his statement. "You are being considered to occupy a position as personal attendant to High Priestess Anhzeta." A look of surprise and confusion registered on Nizsm'...
"You know, the chocolate disks covered with gold foil." "We don't have those." "You know, the ones made up like gold coins; they have them every Christmas." "It's Christmas Eve. We sold out on those more than a week ago." "I mean my son decided the family could come tomorrow after all at the last minute, and we have those for the grandchildren every year...
Getting married always brings about changes that we do not foresee and expect. This was no exception for me. I had not planned on getting married. Passing 30, I was very happy having dedicated my life to caring for the elderly. A nurse practitioner, I had spent a decade easing suffering for terminally ill and people simply too old to care for themselves....
We met almost by accident, electronically at least, and quickly established a casual, friendly rapport, augmented by our mutual oral fixations. That is never a bad icebreaker when you think about it. Our conversations grew more steamy, more intimate, and more explorative. It was evident that we had a palpable chemistry electronically, intellectually, and emo...