A light flickered, banishing the darkness. A door closed, another opened. Dark passages filled with the sound of running feet. Door knob. Light. Silence. Buttons undone by the hands of a lover. Slowly undressing the perfect partner. A blouse thrown towards a chair. Missing to drape from the arm. A fumble, and a bra follows. Nipples exposed for the first ti...
Chapter 9 -- Here comes the twist. The next few weeks passed quickly, they trained at least 3 times a week. Sandy finally figured out how to block a large fire surge, a small but very strong gravity anomaly would warp and disrupt lines of power, no matter what their size so no fire could be ignited past the point of the disruption. Gravity for some reas...
I stare at the door in front of me, hand clenched into a fist at my side as I debate turning around and leaving. I could pretend I'd never caved like this, pretend I'd never stood staring at the wooden grains and brass knocker. Who am I kidding? I couldn't do that. Not again. I knock, ignoring the hoop of metal affixed to the door, and step back. Lip caught...
Jesse was alone, and the restaurant not at all crowded. The couple arrived just as the waitress finished taking his order. They entered from behind him, almost brushed his arm enroute to their table some 20 feet away. The restaurant was laid out oddly: the new couple's table was oriented at about 45 degrees to Jesse's line of sight, making her fully visibl...
Returned next week, the usual Friday night rigmarol of shopping for the week, tired, with a list in my hand of immediate/weekly want's. Thinking of Karen!...look around, usual bunch of people, busy with their own thoughts and day-to-day- problems.. 'Get it over with and go home' ..no Karen in sight . . . 'Oh Well'.. It was in the Buiscuit Ailse. I was seekin...
As I tip the bottle of Corona to get the last few drops of the amber coloured ambrosia that is man's answer to life's pains and worries and responsibilities, I instinctively squint my eyes so that I don't get blinded by the my namesake. But it seems as if the day has been tailor made for perfection, a thin veil of cloud has filtered the winter sun's rays jus...
You sit there jittery, nervous and wondering if it's all been some elaborate hoax. She had said to meet her here in this park at 7:30, and that she'd be coming back from her netball game and would meet you on this park bench. Behind you is a playground, kids long since gone home. In front of you a graded gravel path. It was a secluded spot, you had arrived...
Sir comes home today, I'm vibrating between nervousness and excitement as I wait for him to walk through the front door. I fiddle with my collar as I squirm in my seat on the couch, grinding my ponytail deeper inside me. It's been two weeks that he's been gone, both of us edging and denying every day, waiting for his home coming for our release. It's been pu...
[Author's Note: Another short story. Please read and review. Once I can figure out how to post multi-chapter stories, I'll post some of my lengthier work.] The grim fate of my people was sealed the moment our battle began, and now I stand alone in the after-shock of the crippling attack by the roving band of Elvaran warriors. The Elvaran are a warrior-rac...
The world comes alive before me. The ceiling is bare white, bright but not blinding. I sit up on the comfortable and gain my bearings. Between the bed, me, and the walls a few strides away, the room is empty. The floor feels cool, but not cold. Standing and stretching towards the ceiling, I don't even come close to reaching it. "Hello?" My voice echoes ha...