Ashley sat on the stool, her bare legs and feet kicking idly while she slowly sipped her Starbucks. Caramel Macchiato, her favorite. It always served to calm her nerves and take her to a happy place, a function it was doing now - even with the blur of events still rushing through her mind's eye. First, the memory of her mother, naked in bed with the big, b...
(This takes place in the Star Wars galaxy, around the time when Luke Skywalker was still whining around Tattooine. I've never read the Star Wars books, so this will probably contradict official history. This is just my idea of what would happen and why.) Parjee Moon lay prone on the ground looking into the Storm Trooper barracks. It was night, and luckil...
Chapter 5: Old Friends and Silver Mines On an unusually cool morning in June Arthur stood on the patterned brick walkway that he helped build. It was the 8th, exactly one month since his arrest. In that time the brown and yellow path had advanced a hundred meters closer to the war memorial. Though there was a slight glow in the east all the brighter stars...
Robert was two weeks past his eighteenth birthday and three months short of leaving school. He was a pupil in a prestigious school in southern England in the long, hot summer of 1976. He was of ordinary ability but his parents had money and were prepared to pay large sums annually in the hope that his intellectual mediocrity might somehow be developed. He wa...
My wife Mandy and I spent a two-week holiday in Cap d'Agde in the south of France in September. We stayed in the naturist section which has a reputation as a place for swingers. We had such a wild time that we just had to write down our holiday experiences so that you can enjoy them too. During the afternoon of the sixth day of our holiday we'd met our Fre...
Copyright Oggbashan October 2003 The author asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work. * * * * * This is a work of fiction. The events described here are imaginary; the settings and characters are fictitious and are not intended to represent specific places or living persons. Why did I do it? I'd had a few drinks but that was no...
Chapter 1: The Sxnce Program Jan could hardly wait as she drove to the gym. Today would be her first workout in the Sxnce (pronounced essence) wing of the exclusive fitness center. Members of the private Elite Club catered to the young rich entrepreneurial people moving into the Arizona high tech region. New members were selected by invitation only and were...
My wife and I are avid outdoor people. We both like to hike and often squeeze in a bit of backpacking when vacationing or just making the most of a long weekend. We married fresh out of college and have been going strong for several years now. Both of us turned 28 recently. She was my first serious girlfriend, and I was her first boyfriend. That's not to imp...
By EgmontGrigor2020 Chapter 1 Larry Rivers was driving an 18-year-old clapped-out Japanese car on a quiet country road in southern New Zealand when a 4WD SUV came out of a tree-lined driveway to a farmhouse at speed. It crossed into the wrong side of the highway and collided head-on with his vehicle. There was a fearful sound of breaking glass and disint...
Author's note-All characters in this story are at least eighteen-years old. *** "Jamie, your partner will be Jasmine." Mrs. Brown said, directing her words to the seated eighteen-year old boy. Jamie emitted an heavy sigh before rubbing his face with his hands. He said, "This would be better if I could complete the project as a one-man army." Mrs. Brown d...