6am came way too early for Scott the next day. He and Justin were supposed to meet at the gym at 6:30 for their leg workout, and even though it was a Saturday, he still had the contest looming, and every workout counted. Better to keep a schedule of eating and workouts than to sleep in on the weekend. He could always catch a nap that afternoon. Which he was...
I was always a pretty wiry guy. Once I got to college it kind of became a joke. Being on two teams gave me the metabolism of a housefly and even my five meals a day couldn't put weight on me. Being in the dining hall enough to eat all those meals let me cast my eyes on pretty much everyone that lived on South Campus. There were a few girls that stuck out am...
Helen watched Ron finish his Sunday Lunch he was going out with his Defender again she wondered whatever he saw in bouncing over unmade roads for hours on end. "What time will you be back, Ron?" Helen asked. Depends on the state of the roads Hon." he replied, "You know me, the more the challenge the better I like it. High risks get my adrenalin going and I...
West Palm Beach didn't have many cold snaps, but when one did rake the city the weather seemed twice as frigid as it actually was. Virginia Stanton sat alone in her office on the third floor of Prism Design's building overlooking the Intra-coastal Waterway. She had been chilly all day, mainly because of the dampness in the air; Forty-eight degrees outside wa...
***** A disgruntled exo-miner realizes that his life has hit a rut. He came to Persei-4 on a mining gig looking for excitement, but all he found upon arrival was a dull, dreary, dead-end job. Craving adventure, he becomes one with nature (more or less) when he meets a native. By the end of the day ... he's a trailblazer. Author's note: Months ago I made th...
I hope I don't disappoint too many folks by taking a small break from the T-Girl Fantasy Island series. I want each part of that series to be as unique as possible. Different perspectives, different people, different situations and outcomes. Something to keep from becoming too repetitive. I will return to that series but the back log of stories I have though...
People who find an excitement in life that we don't understand we like to call kinky. We label them to separate their supposed aberration from our presumed normality. What are we afraid of? Juliana stared at the quiet head on the pillow, swathed in bandages. He looked younger than she remembered. A few more days and they would wake him up. She sat back in...
Gary walks past the campus gym. A mundane event, but with little supporting logic; his apartment would be far easier to reach if he'd simply cross the street outside of the Liberal Arts Building. There are, however, far more vital issues for Gary to confront this particular afternoon than subliminal logic. The gym (or more concretely, The Jason F. Moore Cen...
Author's note and warning: the following story contains subject matter for mature audiences only. I won't list all the possible "offending topics", I'll just warn you that I don't get offended by much and I tend to forget what things might offend other people. No actual dragons were harmed in the creation of this story. Lissa -- Chapter 1 - Leaving Home...
I didn't set the alarm clock for Monday morning, I simply let the autumn sunshine gently wake me. The coffee was waiting, I gathered up the morning paper which had been deposited at my door and plopped on the sofa to dwell over it and the rest of the pot of coffee. As my mantel clock struck 9:00, I realized it was time to get ready for my luncheon with Mr....