It was the first time she had smiled since the accident. The long months of medical prodding, the x-rays, the humiliating sponge baths, and the fearful, worried looks from her Husband were now seeing some hope of conclusion. The news was good. She had healed without complication, and nothing would remain of the accident except bad memories and soaring car in...
Authors Note:Welcome to An American Fox in London! There is a cast page with pictures and a little more information on the main characters so please do have a look at that. I've set this story in London and used real places, landmarks, shops etc although some details are fictional. If you would like more info on what I have or have not invented then please f...
After taking it all in, the views of the city, our leisurely dinner, the wine in our heads, the love shared by looks and touches, we slowly make way back to the streets, where the air is warm, humid, sticky, making our clothes hang to our skin. You dress clinging to your body, creating the perfect outline of your shape. Your curves. I let you walk ahead, jus...
Cast Your Eyes On The Ocean, Cast Your Soul To The Sea. When The Dark Night Seems Endless, Please Remember Me. {Dante's Prayer} by: Loreena McKennitt "Dream"... Stories & Poems. Written By Joshua Lee Martinez. Also known as J Jasper Martin "Sometimes we dream a dream so not so long forgotten. We dream the dreams our minds will lock with heavy hearts for...
Fourth Excerpt Midday 4 Sectem, 515 K.E. Dear Diary, Hoyt left really early today. I saw him going out to meet Sir Wilkes through my window. Sir Wilkes asked Hoyt if he was ready for a fight. I heard Hoyt say he could beat an army today. Then he saw me through the window and waved! I waved back and he smiled at me before walking off. It made me so happ...
"Could you two p-u-l-eeez settle down? Look and see what you've made me do." Gude giggled and Yeval snorted as they viewed the sphere hovering in front of Alnor, one ring circling its middle, but the second, larger one, askew, its spin causing the sphere to wobble. Alnor was rubbing an elbow that had been jostled as the two imps were chasing each other abou...
Without characters, a story is little more than a detailed road-map, or atlas. Empty scenes, and situations would be hollow, blank neighborhoods, fictional deserts of magnitudes post apocalyptic. Imagine reading a book where you were given beautiful descriptions, detailed environments, dangerous scapes, and deadly terrains, but nothing happened. Ever. Thi...
After our long embrace, Kelly crutched out of the bedroom and lowered herself carefully onto the chair in the bedroom. She then propped her crutches up against the wall beside her. I quickly read her cues and grabbed a stool and moved it in front of her chair. I then carefully lifted her casted leg and gently placed it on the stool. This was the first time I...
All day he had not been able to do anything really. He had watched a lot of TV, listened to music or tried to check his social media which was almost impossible. She would set his phone up in front of him and he tried to awkwardly scroll down the screen to check his sites and chats but he was clumsy and it had been frustrating but at the same time it had b...
As I sat in the lumber yard office, my broken arm in a makeshift sling the workers had made for me out of shrink wrap, my cell phone began to ring. The manager fished it from my jacket pocket and handed it to me. It was my boss, Nick. "Jason, I know you're hurt, but is there any way you could drive the truck back to the warehouse?" "Are you crazy?" I yelle...