The last page of the book was torn out. I dropped it onto the table next to the others. Sunlight forced its way through the grimy windowpanes and between the gap in the dull curtains to light up the specks dancing in the dusty air. I needing more light so I pulled the curtains open. Illuminated, the room looked no better. It was untidy and unkempt, but tha...
Bruce was walking towards the senate chamber when his cell phone rang. He didn't recognize the number. He stopped and said, "Hello." "This is Kathy, how are you?" Surprised, he asked, "Where are you?" "I'm in Mississippi. I didn't want to take the chance of calling you at home and didn't know your flight schedule. I knew I'd catch you now. My father had a...
Long distance relationships don't work. They never work. So how did I know that this one would? Fate? Destiny? They seem like such wishy washy words but the truth of the matter is that I can't discount their power completely. Wouldn't denying fate be tempting fate? "What are the odds? What are the chances?" Yet here we are, up to our hairlines in coincidenc...
Non-Human groupings Twists of Fate In the Twists of Fate series I use terms to describe Non-human groupings, which I decided to put up so that it is there for you the reader to go back to when you wish. In the stories I don't always refer to all the groups as generally the character I am focusing on will view all other groups or refer to those groups as w...
When I was young, I believed that the gods were our perfect caretakers. They blessed us with bountiful food, the greatness of Sparta, and powerful mystics to give us direction in life. But those powerful mystics were the very same who robbed me of true life, true freedom, and those gods were the same gods who let me rot in my husband's cold prison of a palac...
The 'Book Of The Dead' states that the will of the Gods is absolute. The ties of destiny and fate are unbreakable. As a chantress in the temple of Amun-Re, Panya grew up within the confines of strict ritual and service, never seeking to question the rules that governed her entire life. If the young woman yearned for anything, it was only that her faith and d...
Aimee – French; Beloved Friend Cora – Greek; Filled Heart Dagan – Hebrew; Grain of Corn Hallam – German; From the Hills Juniper – Latin; Juniper Berry Sunila – Hindi; Blue Part 2 ~*~*~*~*~*~*~ After a restless dinner, Liz had finally found a fitful sleep on the tiny cot in her room. Her room was basic, nothing extravagant or expensive. They had no...
Holding hands while walking through the Saint Laurent Mall in the east end of the City of Ottawa, Ontario, my boo Tyrone Ferguson and I got a lot of stares. Oh, well. Let the haters stare. Yes, we're an interracial couple, an Arab woman with a black man. Guess what? We're of different hues and we're happy together and the world isn't ending. My name is Amina...
Authors Note: I have had a few emails and a comment about how It Was Fate has a lot of differences from its original Fate. Yet, Fate was kind of my trainer story. It was simple and the characters were not well developed. So, with this new... more like restart of Fate I'm trying to find my voice as a writer. I write on here for the readers and basically as pr...
It was Wednesday June 10th, 1981 at 8:19 pm when a 6 pound 9 pounce baby boy was born. This baby boy was born with a birth defect called spinal bifida. This would be the first of many hardships the baby would face. When he was born the doctors were quickly giving up on him. Telling his parents that there wasn't much hope for the baby to survive. Although if...