(c) 2007. All rights reserved ********************************** This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. ********************************** On her back on a bed of fallen leaves, under a canopy of trees, their boughs thick with younger leaves and bent with the swollen fruit of a long, hot summer,...
Chapter 1 – New Beginnings "Good morning! Hey Randalf, where you dreaming about naked women again?" "Wow, Sandra! Why are you walking around like that?" "Like what? You're my big brother!" "Whatever! I'm still a guy. Just put some clothes on already!" "Get over it! All I'm trying to do is cheer up my sad, lonely, celibate big brother. Don't you feel luc...
Sweat rolled off of Hank McCoy's brow as he made his way into the locker room area after a particularly difficult training session in the Danger Room. The Professor had pushed the kids hard, harder than he'd ever done before. They were coming into their powers, for sure, but why did he have to make everything so tough? "Hey, Hank," Bobby Drake hailed as he...
I saw a blinding flash of light before I hit the ground. The smell that greeted me was unlike any I had ever smelled in my entire life. It was the smell of burning rotting flesh, of mud, and of sweat. Before I was even able to think straight, two burly men in gray suits forced me to my feet, which to my horror were carrying deadly looking machine guns. At fi...
I heard Brett's voice arguing with Wife and Night Glow. "I have to get him to a hospital or he is going to die. Is that how you want to repay him for all that he has done for you?" "He shall not die," came Wife's reply. "You heard what Raven told us. Husband will live and father many children yet." "Yeah, I heard, but meaning no disrespect, I'd rather put...
I awaken from my slumber with the sound of calling seagulls and waves crashing on the beach. Slowly stretching my limbs, I threw the thin silk sheets off my body. My eyes still shut, I procrastinated on getting up. Finally, I scrounge enough will power to get to my feet. Still half asleep, I stumble out through my bedroom bay doors to the outdoor shower. I c...
He gave me strict instructions that day of what I was to wear for the evening ahead; the clothes were all laid out for me when I went upstairs to bath and change. He had chosen black sheer stockings, black suspenders, a very plain black silk corset with deep red lacing ribbons and a dark red dress made of leather, softened till the long skirt flowed round...
The pounding Jamaican sun loomed over James Bond, just obstructed enough by the shade of the palm tree under which he rested to give him a moment's reprieve, his sweaty, tanned frame resting against the torso of his lover Charlotte. James was fond of women of all kinds and shapes, as they were equally fond of him, and yet Charlotte struck a special chord in...
Mmmm, Rhyley thought, it's such a hot day! And here I figured we would have pouring rain today! Rhyley wasn't disappointed that it wasn't raining but she did hate the heat. She had only lived in Southampton for over a year and she loved it. The UK, as she always called it, seemed to suit her just fine after spending twenty dull years surrounded by t...
************** The Harrier was dying. Shrapnel from a rocket propelled grenade had entered the inlet of the Rolls Royce Pegasus engine and broken a turbine blade, starting a chain reaction breaking further blades, the jet engine was tearing it self to pieces. Warning lights and audible sirens were filling the cockpit. A moment off panic had passed throug...