Emergency Services Week! All emergency personnel receive 60% off on all of our full body massages and other rates for our less extensive massages for the full length of the week, come in and release the stress of your career ID required to receive the discount listed above The sign proclaimed outside the relatively new massage parlor, Magic Touch, in th...
"Sit, I insist," said Leah. "How long have you been on your feet today, Captain?" Leah was seated at the small two-person table. Her dusky blue skin seemed lighter than usual in the harsh fluorescent lights of the small backroom; she had her waist-length dark green hair drawn up in a high braid on her head, trailing down her back in a tight coil. She wore he...
Susan Richards slid open the door to her walk-in closet and went inside. She peered left and right. Beautiful garments in silk, satin, and lace filled it. They came from the world over, pieces from the Orient, from London, from Paris, from New York. What to wear? She decided on her lavender outfit, a silky, racy number with a demi-bra, a laced-neck corset, s...
When in Rome; Run The needle pierced skin as it slid into the flesh of Jared's arm. Suppressing a wince, he watched as a petite female attendant in a lab coat push the plunger down. The liquid went painfully into the muscle of his arm. An arm that was sculpted with bulging veins. Once the pain dissipated, a warm sense of contentment washed over as the drug...
It is 100,000 years since man first left Earth to settle the stars. In that time, he has filled several galaxies. Finding no other sentient life, man filled the gap himself. Over the millenia, through genetic engineering, specialized breeding, and brute mutation, man has transformed into a variety of forms, some so bizzare as to barely count as human. At the...
Chapter 9 Back to School The remainder of my summer seemed to fly by, and before I knew it, my mother was buying me what amounted to a new fall wardrobe to accommodate my growth spurt. Unbeknownst to me, two girls soon to be in my class were scheming to make me their boyfriend. Only well after we became acquainted in the biblical sense did they tell me ab...
Lorraine, Dr. Lawrence, and I were walking down the halls of the CDC hospital. CDC employees were moving in and out of patient rooms with armed guards stationed throughout the building. In every patient room was a hybrid, either lying in bed or staring out the window. They were all dressed in bleach-white clothes. They appeared well-fed and well taken care o...
Bill and Rekka continued traveling without further incident for three days. They enjoyed their journey, the weather remaining clear with the nights cool and the days sunny. No more exotic mamono were directly encountered, though they did spot a few shadowy forms darting away from their path of travel as the trees began to thin slightly. One afternoon Bill...
The next few days were strange. I mean, she'd said we were going to 'do therapy', but most of it was just us wandering around San Diego and exploring. She knew the city a bit -- we wandered the beach at Encinitas, we did the USS Midway in the city. Well, I did, for about an hour. After the third time smashing my head into a low doorway, I begged off and went...
I awoke Friday morning to a pervasive sense of well-being I had not enjoyed for many days. I luxuriated in bed, stretching. The morning sun cast a window-shaped slash of warmth across the sheets. For the first time since Monday, cool air swirled through the room, a breeze of refreshing air powered by the brand-new air conditioner installed in my living room...