Surrey, England June 8th, 1997 James rang the doorbell with both trepidation and excitement. He had never been to Sarah's house before, and this felt like an inexplicably significant milestone in their unusual relationship, even if his attendance here was due to the continued, if rather belated exploration of his fantasy list. The last several months ha...
My working name is Chyna. And it's not that sort of work! I'm a model. I've just come home from several years in Europe, mostly in the east. I did a lot of magazine and catalogue work there. I made some money but did not end up with a well known face. I came home because it was time. I loved working there but I also wanted a change. At the moment I'm studyi...
This story is in the most part, a true story, based mostly on real occurrences, with a small amount of poetic licence, and of course, the names have been changed to protect the guilty. Because of its length, I have divided it into two distinct parts and should be read in sequence, despite my desire to have a story 'free standing' without prerequisite reading...
There are many curses still lingering from the ancient world, in an era when mankind understood that the universe was meant to be understood not as a matter of reason, but through the articles of faith – which is to say, not understood very well at all. It was an era of gods and goddesses, inimitable blessings and unfathomable horrors, artifacts and monsters...
Not exactly what Orwell had in mind, thought Blaise. He thought he'd been forced to read it for a literature class at Swarthmore. He'd suspected the professor was some kind of communist intellectual. He didn't remember much of the book, but unless it had been about swim-up bars and off-pink stucco, it had missed the mark, at least from where he stood, whi...
A big thank you to my editors, LadyCibelle and Techsan, for their editing of my stories making them a much better read. * Chapter 1 What to say. I was lonely and paid the price. Life was so good and my marriage was great. We had two nearly grown children and were living a rather normal life. Then, she had to go and die. God, how I miss her! Women of forty...
"Saved your life?" Justine asked. "Yes saved my life." Josephine confirmed. David didn't say anything but kept Josephine's hand in his. He had known at some point the subject would come up but he hadn't expected it to be so soon. Justine looked at David and then her mother and made a decision. "We'll talk about that later." she said. "The important thing...
Hello my lovelies. This story haunted me until I finally started to write it down. I will post the next chapter very soon, but since it is long with a gradual build up (it will be worth it), I thought it made sense to break it up a bit. One quick note: we flash back to when some of these characters are very young. But before anyone reads too quickly and...
To those who did not read Queen Yavara: Adrianna's Story, I've included a synopsis of it below. The story was a novella that detailed Adrianna's transformation and evolution of character, and bridges Book Three and Book Four. For online readers, it is chapters twenty-eight through thirty-four. Adrianna's Story synopsis Adrianna employs her skills as a com...
I've done my fair share of traveling the last few decades earning over a million airline miles, but not all on the same airline. So I've had my share of lost luggage, delayed flights, and memorable travel mates. I used to run to my gate after getting off a delayed flight, only to look out the window at the gate, and watch my plane pull away without me. I hav...