Thanks to blackrandi for the invitation to the Wine and Old Lace event. Historical pieces can be pretty challenging and I've tried to do this one justice. Thanks to MsCherylTerra, stev2244 and norafares for the beta reads and editing. This would be unreadable without all of them. There are others who prefer not to be named; you know who you are, and you know...
The thunderstorm ahead looked menacing, and the fuel warning light was beginning to wink on and off, so what with discretion being the better part of valor and all, he decided to pull off the interstate and gas up at the next exit. A gust of wind whipped across the prairie, and he rode it out by shifting his weight a little, leaning into the wind a bit. He f...
"There's no chance then?" Cassandra asked. "I'm afraid not, my lady. With the wind and position being what they are... I can alter course to prolong the chase by some hours. But nothing more," the Captain stated bluntly. "We should have kept the cannons," she said. An admission of fault; the decision to throw the cannons overboard had been hers. "It would...
***I feel as though I'm racing the clock and I know that this will be late for Christmas, but still ... I just wanted this part to carry a little romance and a touch of magic in a Christmass-y sort of way. I ought to mention that this is quite obviously a work of fiction - and to my knowledge, though Cu Sith as a phenomenon was known in Scotland for centuri...
We were awakened by a knock on the door announcing that breakfast would be ready in half an hour at eight. I recognized Rachel's voice and jumped up to open the door. She was about to walk away to knock on another door when I called to her, "Rachel, come here please." She turned and came back. "Knocking on our door is not the proper way to awaken us." "I'm...
Ned Hawke was dressed to impress. Dark grey trousers with matching waistcoat and jacket, pressed shirt and tight tie, dark black coat and matching top hat. He looked like a dandy and a toff, and he knew it. He instinctively knew that these clothes were the prototype of Victoria's fantasy man. Rich, well-dressed but not ostentatious, clothing cut with classic...
Can inanimate objects have feelings, emotions, thoughts? Self-evidently not, you would have thought - the clue being in the words, 'inanimate' and 'objects,' but what about Herbie, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, KITT or the Hal 9000? So, fair enough, the last two are artificial intelligence machines but... but a Triumph 2500 Mk 2 is not one of those. Anything but,...
My final class on Friday is at three and since I had scheduled mid-term exams I had the entire hour to watch for cheaters and plan for what I hoped would be a very hot ménage a trios' later that evening. I knew Marsha wouldn't be arriving until after ten so I would have time alone with Bill before the main event. I had planned on Bill and me watching the a...
Gene Therapy – Dose 04B (Acquiring Funding Part 2) An Autobiographical Tale by Dr_Zephyr [[[NOTE: This is part two of a two-part chapter. It follows directly after part one, but you don't need to be super familiar with it to follow along. Obviously, if you haven't read the earlier chapters 1, 2, and 3, parts of this story won't make sense. You can still en...
Illustrations by LunA. 3. THE KISS OF DEATH Hunger had overtaken him. Eight long months had passed since he last tasted blood. He would finish her in due time, of that he was certain. But for now, the hunger had to be satisfied, and he couldn't get to Grace. Not yet. He'd held off on killing the stripper. It was a matter of willpower, and he'd resisted....