The little alley was always quiet, and was even more so at this hour of the early morning, after the last of the prostitutes and drug peddlers had departed. Above, the sky was a clear dark blue, already lightening on the eastern horizon. The lesser moon was just visible above the rooftops, a small, baleful, yellowish half-disc, insignificant in the pre-dawn...
CATU Building How long ago was this?" Roger asks. He is holding a report transferred from the FBI. "Nearly twelve hours ago sir," the agent says. "Get me McMillan on the phone." Roger returns to his office to see Doug Wiltkins, head of Tactical, waiting for him. "Doug, what brings you up here?" Roger asks. "I figured you were going to call me sooner or l...
The woman known to the few who were aware of her as Beth looked around at the paintings covering every inch of her small, dark castle. Lady Elisabeth Della Nostrum, or Beth as her modern name had become, quietly smiled to herself as she eyed the colourful pictures. Not photos, at least that part of the legends was true. Beth was always amused at some of her...
The two days turned into a week. Vera had never lived with humans before but she felt at home in that house. She joked with Chris in the kitchen and watched movies with David on the couch. They made love in his bed every night and some days. Vera took to doing chores around the house. She knew they were feeding her so she thought the least she could do was r...
Charyss Garroworth was perhaps the least excited Lady in the whole dance hall. Her serious face had only just the hint of a smile, surmounted by a couple of eyes of the strangest color. The violet iris had been a wonder for physicians for a long time. Her dark wavy hair fell down to her waist, unlike the others, she kept it loose, and only pinned a thin bra...
This is not my first time writing but this is my first time submitting here. This is actually part of a series I am writing for publication so I thought I would try it out here. There is no sex in this submission but there will be soon. I hope you like it and constructive criticism is appreciated. Negative garbage you can keep to yourself. ***** Kiya could...
Douglas Martin wiped the sweat form his brow and surveyed his work as he stood in the middle of his basement. Moving all those boxes from his attic by himself had taken him considerably longer than he wanted and as a result, worked up quite a sweat. Douglas reached under his shirt and brought it to his face to dab at his eyebrows a bit. The basement was sma...
Buffy and Nina watched, almost serenely, as the ring of vampires tightened around them. Buffy appeared almost bored and Nina was getting a glint in her eyes that had nothing to do with fear. If the vampires had not been so arrogantly full of themselves they might have sensed that these two women were not the ones who needed to be afraid. Even Buffy raised a...
"Politics find common thread everywhere," Mustafa Machar said to himself, as he languished in his little cell, awaiting his execution. In a few hours, the sun would rise, and for the first time in centuries, he would be there to greet it. It would be the very last thing he ever saw, for the light was lethal to his kind. Can't escape genetics, Mustafa thought...
There's a pressure holding my chin. "That's unusual." a deep and somehow accentless voice remarks. I open my eyes in surprise, only to find a dark haired woman staring back at me. I let out a small gasp and lift my head out of her grip. Stupidly, all I can manage is "What?" The same voice comes from the mysterious woman's mouth. Not that there's anything...