"I realized a little too late that I must have unconsciously dressed a teensy bit too sexy for work .. and my therapist's appointment. When I saw him, he asked if I'd been sleeping better, because I look great. I will not deny that his reaction was delicious, but it's not like he isn't enjoying it, too. Do you think it's a coincidence that he's usually picki...
"Food and drink!" Jackson roared as he entered the tavern. "Up to Major Tremaine's room and be quick about." He swatted the serving girl's rump. "Oh Major," the landlady called. "There is a young officer already up in the room. I sent him up as he said it was important." She turned and yelled, "Dotty, let's go girl. Let's not keep these young gentlemen wait...
Katie Jones arrived at the studio at the appointed time. To say she was nervous was an understatement. It was her husband's idea that she went through with the photo shoot, despite her best efforts to convince him that they should wait. They would find the money from somewhere. Just give her time to get a job, she told him. There was that interview for the h...
In early September 1944, the Second British Army, under the command of Marshal Montgomery, had just liberated Brussels and continued to advance towards the Dutch border with almost no German opposition, and while the Allied troops advanced on the Belgian highways, a Jeep with three women on board was traveling rapidly on one of them. The three occupants of t...
Ten years have passed since the barbarians from the mountains attacked Syanay's village and left her orphaned. It was Thett, the warrior in King Heloan's army that found her after the siege of her village. A girl of eight standing in the ruins of her family's hut, covered in dirt, ash and the blood of her parents. To her advantage, Thett was the only one wh...
I’d met the old man twice before. During the first meeting, he’d tried to convince me to act as an import agent for his wine. Since the wine had the bouquet of a dead fish and might well have had a use as a solvent, I told him the American market wasn’t ready for it. The second meeting had gone better and ended with me no longer having to call him by his le...
"Colonel Blake you are forcing me to go over your head!" Margaret Houlihan protested loudly. She was standing in the Colonel's tent alongside Captain Frank Burns. "Listen Margaret, you've been over my head so many times I've got boot prints," the Cononel retorted exasperated. Without missing a beat she sneered back. "I wouldn't have to if you weren't so in...
"Jackson, why'd you bring us to Pivot? What about Orbital Academy?" Preston reached across Missy and flicked the cruiser's autopilot off, beginning to manually pilot their cruiser in line with the other squadmates. "Rookie Preston, please cut the comm chatter, we wouldn't want to crowd Orbital Pivot's comm channels," Jackson's voice crackled into the small...
He watched the waves batter the sand beneath his feet. The smell of ocean thick in the air. Horizon was slowly changing as the sun started to rise bringing life to the murky landscape. His nightmares kept him up. Sleep was elusive and for a while he couldn't see himself ever sleeping again. The issue weren't the dreams, but the fact that he couldn't remembe...
I couldn't understand why I wasn't getting promoted at work. Don't get me wrong. I make a damn good living. But it just seemed that I was always following orders and not giving them. I have always done the right thing. If my boss told me to do something I did it. But other guys, ones that argued with the boss, ended up getting promoted before me. It didn't...