Stephen’s dream enveloped him in a vibrant tapestry of a fantastical realm, where towering beasts with scales like molten obsidian roared under skies crackling with arcane energy. Magic pulsed through the air, tangible as a heartbeat, weaving through forests of luminescent trees and rivers that shimmered with liquid starlight. Here, he was a warrior, a mage,...
This is my contribution to the Quarantine story contest 2020. Please remember to vote at the end and thanks for taking the time to read. A special thanks go to AussieGuy52 for editing this story. Themes: Friends to lovers, Happily ever after, Office romance, Opposites attract, Taming the playboy, Love triangle, Matchmaker, On the road, Stranded, Unrequite...
We'd watched with a mix of awe and confusion as the Coronavirus spread across the world. In China it had seemed so far away that we could be detached, even relaxed about it (judging by all the memes people were sharing, anyway). Then, suddenly, it was upon us. People were panic buying face masks and toilet paper and the case numbers were rising. Tom Hanks go...
It was a tumultuous time and there was a constant stream of news stories about the flu pandemic. I was a Stock Trader at a leading bank in the city and the pandemic had tanked the shares on the Stock Exchange. My clients were panicking and there were constant requests to sell. I had to reassure them that the prices would return once the pandemic was under co...
Author's Notes: 'Satyr Play 2' is a continuation of my surprisingly well-received first attempt to dabble in the realm of magic. Obviously, I learned nothing from the first as, in this story, I continue to ride roughshod over preconceived notions and the 'established guidelines' of the genre. Mea Culpa. Minimal effort is made in this tale to explain the ba...
Sly drove just over three hours to get home. He parked the car kissed the wife and went straight to his computer. While it was booting up he changed his clothes. The sweat pants and shirt he chose were soft and made of natural material. He remained without underwear and kept his feet bare to fully relax as he chatted with Jessie through cyberspace about the...
Sly drove half of the morning just to get there meeting place. Sylvester calls himself Sly. He thinks of it as a cool nickname rather than an attitude but today he was acting out a fantasy. He felt like a private eye walking around the mall in her town looking for Jessie. They had been online friends for just over a year now and had only met the one time. Du...
*****Hi dear readers, this is the new chapter of the Crystal series. I am absolutely sorry about the long wait you guys had to go through; I had stuck with writer's block for the past couple of months so I took the time to think of news ideas after I get finished with the Crystal series. I hope you enjoy it because I myself think the last chapter wasn't the...
Jenni went to Garth Oliver's office early evening to join him to interview the short-list of applicants that she'd chosen from the twenty-eight applicants for the position of accountant with partnership options available. Some of the applicants had supplied photographs and Jenni had noticed that one in Garth's pile of rejects was the young woman that had i...
This is a completely true story of the events that will take place in late May 2020. If only you knew where to watch... — "I'm outside." Harry texted as he pulled the van into a parking spot in the nondescript industrial park where Lucile's office was located. She was deemed an essential worker and therefore she was required to continue to be in the offi...