The sullen stranger opened his brown eyes to the warm dawn and marked the start of his fifth day in a mobile cage. He brushed a lock of his shaggy brown hair out of his eyes and looked around. It was bad enough that he woke up on a bed of hay that reeked of animal droppings, but the scent was made worse by the rain that fell and blew through the bars of thei...
CHAPTER 1 About the time Ash Burton was 170 miles away as co-driver in a car rally and drove over the finishing line to take third place, Sheriff Bates and deputy Frank Lynch reportedly burst into the Burton's ranch house after a neighbor reported hearing gunshots. They found Sally Burton had been shot through the throat, apparently by a small caliber han...
Sandra I arrived at the short stay car park at Terminal 3, Heathrow airport after a two-hour drive from my home in a small town in the south west. The flight was not due in until 11.10am, but I had arrived almost an hour early as I was too excited to wait around at home any longer. The drive had been unpleasant; I had hit the morning rush hour and almost th...
I had never known my father. Mum told me she was trying to protect him, saving him from having his life disrupted as hers had been. She was 16 when I was born, two years off finishing high school. He had told her that it was impossible to get pregnant the first time and although she knew that wasn't true, she was caught up in the heat of the moment. At that...
Rockwell Junior College (post graduate high school, as a friend put it) was next to a small river on a group of hills in northern Illinois. On a brilliant autumn day in September of 1970, I opened the door to the gym building. It was the on the highest hill of the group, and the rays of the setting sun slanted bright red and gold through the floor to ceiling...
Chapter 37 A breeze blew through the lab from the open windows, carrying the sirens from the busy city streets. Boo twisted the collar valve on the Bunsen burner until the flame burned an incandescent blue. He then smirked at Wolfy who appeared to be struggling to fit his goggles over his bushy sideburns. "Ey, you know Don bedded Stephanie the other night?"...
Siren Song, Part 2 — Growing Out Four parts, an epilogue and a bonus story. At least that's the plan. No promises, though. Still no need to go looking for the mermaid in this part either. ~ A word of warning, before you even start reading: A lot of what happens in this story focuses on the rather weird fetish of Breast Expansion (BE) -- from A to D, and...
One of the Western riders, Lana Turnbull asked Ralph could she could transfer to English seat and compete in novice equitation over fences. She was asked why and said because Kate John was driving her too hard. Jane was told the transfer would be approved subject to Jane receiving Kate's agreement. If Kate refused and Jane couldn't accept that she'd have t...
Author's note -- Sorry about the delay. My family's computer went down for a while causing them to use my own computer. Thus I could not use it while I was at work, which is when I do most of my writing. Having said that, enjoy. The Case of the Pesky Cherry is solved in this installment. Vote high and vote often. Thank you for your consideration. This is c...
I was gallant and let Mandy, Sarah and Kimberly go first; we all followed Mandy up to the second floor of Max's place. As I walked up the stairs I realised that this might be the last night I would call this house my home. I had left many places that meant a lot to me, but for some reason this time felt even more important than usual. I knew I could come b...