I am off on my travels so will post this a bit earlier to hopefully get a chance to read some of the reaction before I catch my train at the end of next week. This is my favourite chapter so I hope you all enjoy it :-) WorldHistoryBuff, you are a complete star for rushing through the edits for me. Thank you so much for all your hard work! My thanks to the...
Tacitus Salutem The background for this story is the Batavian Revolt in the year 69, as mentioned by Tacitus. It was rumored that the Batavian leader, Claudius Civilis had a personal reason as well as the anger of his people to stand up to the Romans. A7inchPhildo helped with the Latin and HawaiiBill took care of the editing. Noviomagus, Dies Mercurii xv M...
It had been three long and lonely months in lockdown. The fear had changed. After weeks of pining to be back to normality, back to how life was before, somehow normal seemed so scary. She giggled wondering whether her social skills had completely left her, not knowing how exactly she would react when seeing her colleagues, her friends, him. It will be fin...
Anteros woke in Lien's bed. He rarely slept in a bed. When he did he slept alone. Usually a mat on the floor was all it took to allow him to sleep comfortably. He'd slept soundly and only woke now because of Lien's intimate touch. He woke with an erection as he almost always did. The difference this morning was that Lien's hand was grasping it. "Good mornin...
Nothing gave Seneca a sense of 'home' more than working with Kennedy and her rescue dogs on Sundays. This Sunday they were washing a particularly wily, newly acquired greyhound named Freya. "Seneca, hand me that wire brush, would you?" Kennedy asked without looking away, her old red and grey flannel shirt soaked from holding the skittish dog. Freya had oth...
WORD COUNT: 7,700 Please enjoy my story. I enjoy comments of both praise (if you liked it) and constructive criticism (if you didn't.) Let me know what worked and what I can do better. Please be entertained! Eric Hensley sat at a table at Starbucks and observed the people around him. Steam curled up from his coffee. He hazarded a sip and scorched his mouth...
My name is Charles Benedict. A tall young black man from the Windy City. I'm currently hanging out with my buddies Davis Samson and Clyde Blacker, two tall and fit-looking black studs from the same hood. All of us are collegiate athletes currently on vacation. We play Basketball for Magister Institute of Technology, a private four-year college that is divide...
Thanks for your patience. This is another long chapter. I hope you enjoy it. ***** 1 Yumi Takahashi The first piece of technology to fail on Samothea was a rotivator that Yumi Takahashi repaired. Yumi could get none of the large old farming equipment to work, though Michio Nakatani sent her many replacement parts. She worked on a mechanical plough, a tra...
This story is a work of fiction. Any similarities to any real person or organization are unintended and entirely coincidental. There is no sex in this story. My aspiration is to set the stage for later installments that will be more exciting. ***** I had started my job as an associate at a large law firm in town in 2003. Although I had gotten outstanding r...
Author's note: Thank you for your patience. Apologies this has taken so long. I have been beset with work commitments and other delays. It is the longest chapter by far. Erinaceous * 1 Physics lessons 2 Complications 3 More complications 4 Even more complications 5 Summer destinations * 1 Physics lessons There was a sombre mood in the Samothea Pro...