AAuthor's Note: This story was written at a reader's request. Thank you for the idea and for pushing me out of my usual box! This is a stand alone short story and I do not intend to make it into chapters. ************* Avery flicked her eyes over at her co-worker Trevor, the two of them were often scheduled together for the late night shift at the 24 hour...
After a series of letters guided her to build some kind of temporal cannon, Mariah finds herself elsewhen, and the world she has left behind thinks she is lost forever. The world she is in, is not a safe place to be, however. ... "A Causal loop." Ian determined with the help of some of the other physics team who were helping him. Mariah's body now lay on a...
Many thanks to jellybelly2 for first editing and improving this story and to oVerallxaVerage, whose editing helped clean up some weaknesses. Immense gratitude to Alex R., who not only corrects errors but has the rare ability to spot superfluous verbosity and to prune, combine and condense dull passages until they shine. * "I just got my check, Mel," Angel...
"Father Josiah," Camilla said in pretend reproach to the plain-clothed priest as he, having just come in Club Ritz on Saturday night, walked over to her. "Why aren't you wearing your priest outfit? You look much sexier that way." "Camilla, please," he said as they went into a private room. "Don't talk that way. I'm dishonouring my collar enough as it is. Bu...
Chapter 16: Farewells )===(>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Aylanna did not sleep. She huddled on the mat, in the anonymous cubical in the sleeping room, listening to the sounds of all the strangers around her sleeping. Someone in the back coughed and others snored, on man mumbled in his sleep. As tired as she was, there was no way she could calm her mind enough to sleep,...
Laslie paced back and forth in front of the perfume counter and dredged his memory for a simple, little, fact. Dammit! What the hell was that scent she likes? He knew it was something earthy, something with more of the smell of trees than flowers or musk. He stopped pacing and sighed. The very first time they had met had been at Yosemite National park. He'd...
It had been two weeks since I had left the house for the eco-challenge. I risked life and limb for the thrill of pushing myself to my absolute limit. Four days of scaling rock walls, running through the woods at night, and kayaking through water that was barely above freezing. It was amazing. I got to the top of a mountain peak and peered in every direction....
This is a continuation of the first chapter, obviously, and I highly recommend starting with that one. However, I try to make my stories so that you can pick up at any chapter and still be able to follow it. I hope you enjoy, and please vote. * Hmm, does buying two bottles of rum make it seem like I'm hoping for an entire party instead of a chill day by th...
I often think about the events that have happened over the past month. I feel guilty that my friend Joe has been forced to expose his body at two parties. Joe is extremely shy about his body and gets embarrassed easily. I asked him why and his response was he grew up in a very conservative home. Even his two brothers are shy. He said he never showered with h...
(....I realize I had Alex call Lisa by her name and then ask her to tell him her name but it's not a mistake he was checking her memory. I remember when I passed out in school one year and hit my head nice and hard on the tile floor, the school nurse also double checked with me about my name.) ... The next morning, Lisa was taking a shower while her mothe...