***** It seems that our group of fugitives are surviving for now at least. They've found a place to hole up for a little while and wash. To Morgan, Maggie and Maddox, there's an uncomfortable sense that to do that carries the feeling of risk that they're flirting with disaster. All three of them are mindful that what they'd planned and what's taken place s...
Slick! Arrived today. How shall I begin? He’s a lovely shade of blue, exceptionally flexible and slender. Hmmm.... I’ve fitted him to the goat (a large carved wooden goat lying on its belly) with a harness devised by Tommy (to hold Slick appropriately upright). As ever my love’s mind works in mysterious ways its wonders to perform. Surrender is my heart’s d...
Sandra Taylor was stood outside her parents' house in the pouring rain, wondering what to do. When she had left school that day there were a few puffy white clouds lazily floating around the sky. However, as she had neared the end of her long walk home, the heavens had opened up and released a torrent of rain. But the rain wasn't her only problem; Sandra ha...
Note from Writer:, This story, written with Dan57 permission and a lot of his help, is based on character we created. For other adventures of Mark and Jodhaa and how their adventure began please check out Mark's Destiny and other Dan57 stories. As the morning light entered the small bedroom, both couples lay sprawled across the large bed. The group w...
I remember sitting there in the hospital, staring at you hooked up to all those machines, and realizing that I did really love you. It had taken me so long to admit that to myself. Because of all the negative pressure from my family, I tried to convince myself that you were someone that would just bring me down in life. But the more and more I spent time wit...
The year is 1785, in Colonial America, Virginia Colony, Terrence Whitley is at his friend, Thomas Morris' house having dinner. They are talking about a partnership that Terrence is proposing for a new business venture of sending mail to people across the country via a system of horse riders going through dangerous Indian territory to deliver letters and pack...
I know this seems like an unlikely story, but it actually happened. In the interests of clarity, I have converted a foreign language to English. If I didn't most of you probably wouldn't be able to read half the story and I can assure you, I wouldn't be able to write it. My foreign language skills are abysmal. This story was told to me by a friend of mine (...
The paladin Sharizon grumpily trode past the droll grey domiciles of the mountain city of Ironforge. His hard, weathered face was rigid with a forced, overtaxed patience. His unibrow was furrowed; his lips remained pursed in silent fury. His heavily nicked saronite and titansteel armor clicked and clanked as he made his way towards the armor shop. Sharizon g...
Michelle and I were still in bed when the sun had made it a quarter of the way up the bedroom wall. I was on my back and she had curled up beside me, looking quite content with the lynx coat draped around her. Erin, our hostess, was nowhere to be seen. I strained to listen over the muffled street noise but couldn't hear any movement coming from the first flo...
It's more difficult when you have almost unlimited money to spend on gifts. It can rob you of your imagination and distract your focus from what the recipient will really appreciate to how much you can acquire. I made a conscious effort not to think of gifts in terms of money. For my family I would tap the bank account. But for Jeff's family I would tap my...