It has been a busy four and a half years since I wrote the passages which appeared in Part 1. I meant to get back to you after a year, but my apologies. Put it down to good intentions and all that. ***** Chapter 1. New life As I said before, I settled in Beijing for a while, even taking Chinese citizenship and adopted a Chinese boy, Billy, as my heir. He...
Author's Note: I'd like to thank XXXecil for the creation of such vivid worlds, and for his unique openness towards other authors playing in them. I've been a fan for a number of years, and this is my contribution to a great body of work. I only hope I do it justice. I believe he's taking commissions now, if you ever have an idea you'd like to see developed...
Chapter I: In which Alan Cox, ordinary man, becomes Don Cocksote, righter of wrongs, lover of love, and world-famous fighter for all manner of romantic justice. * In a town in New England, the name of which I have no desire to recollect, there lived not long ago an older man, nearly sixty, of the kind who have an old scooter in the garage, an elderly cat t...
Author's Note: My humblest thanks to everyone who has been reading this story, and a warm welcome to new readers. This story spent a long time sitting in the hard drive of my old laptop. I want to thank my team for bringing it back to life: Melanie R. for her insurance advice, Dr. K. Wright for answering all of my medical questions, and my fantastic betas:...
HYPOTHETICAL MARITAL CATASTROPHE (PART TWO) (Proviso: This story is a work of fiction. All characters were created for the purpose of telling the story. Any similarity between any character and any person living or dead is purely coincidental. All characters were created as adults at least 21 years old.) "Knackered," a word that had fascinated her English...
Wait, is this even right? Is this the same story? Well, the characters seem to be generally the same. Where has Marchosias sent Lyden, and why can't he remember anything of his real life? He'll have to step up his game, if he's going to be able to protect his friends. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Chapter 18 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =...
Hey all! Next chapter, coming right up! New reader? Just start at the beginning (unless having no idea what is going on is your kink). The story is written in chapters, and this is Book Four, so a lot has happened. Returning reader? Welcome back! Sorry about the wait, I have some time intensive real world things I am dealing with, so my writing schedule is...
With no further delay, after 1 year, 3 months, and 15 days, I present to you, the finale of Shadow Dagger. *** "Something's wrong," Ashford whispered, as he peered around the corner of the hallway. "We're almost back to the entrance and we haven't seen anybody. Where are the servants? Where's that guide that led us here? Where are the guards?" "I don't kn...
I She sat quietly in a thickly cushioned chair built on a wicker frame -- her eyes were closed as she rubbed her swollen belly. She carried a new life inside her and she knew it was going to be unlike any life the world had ever seen. Bailla'Tayne Jeva stood and walked to a large bowl sitting on a low table and she scooped a goblet full of water. The under...
There's a generation coming up now, many of whom have been saying that the Experimenter -- also called 15226 -- is a figurative thing, not to be understood as a real being, and was more likely just an institution from the old-world governments using smoke and mirrors to pawn itself off to me as some kind of cosmic entity. They say that would make me less lik...