***Dakhete is a lot of things, depending on how one chooses to look at her. She lacks a piece of knowledge however. In this chapter, she meets a couple of rather singular individuals, thought at least they know what they are. More importantly - and it doesn't get more than a hint here, both of them can see what Dakhete cannot, though right here, she's not q...
"Wherever it is we'll be tomorrow, it won't be Kansas," Crystal announced when she'd returned from the hotel foyer after what was originally intended to be a routine phone call to Kai about the tour itinerary. "And it most certainly won't be Kansas City." "No need for ruby slippers then," said Thelma. "So, if we're not going to Kansas, where are we going...
I live in a very respectable street. The inhabitants, if they are male, tend to be accountants, middle managers, draughtsmen and things like that. If they are female they either do not go to work at all, or they are receptionists for doctors, dentists or they work in such highly regarded places as pharmacies. They have the appropriate number of children and...
Part 1 After breakfast with the rest of the undergrads in their little mess hall Chad and Elise walked over to the lawn in front of the women's cottage that was going to be the staging area for their first day in the field. Chad was jumpy with excitement. They would be splitting into three groups, each led by one of the women, and each group would follow on...
A male and a female demon stood within the circle etched before the raised dais. Belzar and Mintai stood before the black & smokey apparition, their horns on their heads bowed to the appropriate level. "We are here at your command, Great Lord," they said in unison. The apparition began to glow red deep within its bowels. "Peer into the glass," it said w...
I was about to take off but before I could she told me "I'm going with you." I wanted to say no but as if reading my mind again she cut me off. "Don't tell me to hide, I know the people in that city and I will not abandon them. I know you are worried about my safety, but how do you think I feel when you charge into battle? I don't question you because its wh...
As Chloe & Cedric were resting from their coupling, he was wondering about what had transpired that evening. He had never met any female like Chloe before. Her aggressiveness took him by surprise. In his experience when girls were aggressive, they invariably wanted something from him. Usually they wanted a committed relationship, and by sleeping with him, th...
(In which our hero, Jorge, settles some old affairs, honors some old traditions and pulls off the hat trick with Serenity's lovely ladies in our little ship on the edge of the black.) * As Serenity climbed out of the ionosphere of New Kashmir, River was idly singing Mera Joota Hai Japani from an old Bollywood rasta about leaving while she danced in the pil...
(In which our hero, Jorge, settles some old affairs, honors some old traditions and pulls off the hat trick with Serenity's lovely ladies in our little ship on the edge of the black.) As Serenity climbed out of the ionosphere of New Kashmir, River was idly singing Mera Joota Hai Japani from an old Bollywood rasta about leaving while she danced in the pilot'...
"Hmm, this is delicious, I love Type-A blood," Adriel Brown said to himself, as he savored the last drops of blood in the survivor's body, before discarding the cooling corpse. Normally, like most conscientious Vampires, Adriel would snap the corpse's neck to make sure that it did not reanimate. In a world full of Zombies, however, he had to amend this habit...