It was Friday afternoon and the hotel bar traffic was building. I sat and sipped a Dewars-and-water and watched the 20-something redhead behind the bar make drinks. Some part of me found her appealing but I was lost in thought. CNN Headline News paraded silently across a large TV monitor attached to the ceiling. I absently scanned a complimentary USA Today a...
It was going to be our first real date. Yes, and even though it was only going to be online over Skype I was so nervous to finally talk to you and see you. We had agreed on a time that would work for both of us. This hadn't been all the way easy with an ocean between us living on two different continents. We had known each other for a few years and in th...
DISCLAIMER: All characters appearing in this story are fictitious as they do not exist. Any resemblance to a real person, living or dead is purely coincidental and should not be construed to associate a real person, living or dead with scenes or events described within this story. All of the characters depicted in this story are over the age of 18 and takes...
I shut the bathroom door behind me as quietly as I could, lifting the toilet seat absentmindedly. I pissed long and hard in Sofie's bathroom. I was in Sofie's bathroom. Sofie! After, I ran the water and pretended to wash my hands as I opened the vanity mirror. It was an old habit of mine, collecting information about people that others would miss. I knew not...
Now with the reader's permission we will leave Agnan to his dreams and travel to a young couple at an Inn not far from Berry. As they checked in the innkeeper noticed the woman had an unusually pale completion with dark hair, she was slim but muscular and appeared to be of rank, her dress was a pale pink with gold thread on the edges odd few butterfly patter...
It was one of those beautiful days where I'd decided to walk home from work instead of accepting Sir's offer to wait another thirty minutes and pick me up on his way home. I'd shot him a quick text and headed toward the residential side of town. I didn't mind walking, usually, but this afternoon was more humid than I'd thought. I felt the sweat gathering bet...
For those who are unfamiliar with the words "vinta" and "caracoa," these were warships. The vinta has a prow made for ramming other ships with and was propelled by both wind in their sails and rowing, as was the caracoa. The difference between the two is that the caracoa was larger, had two decks and carried a poet on board who served as both timekeeper and...
DISCLAIMERS: Any person involved in a sexual act is above the age of 18. All characters appearing in this work are fictitious, and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. This story contains some supernatural events, but is not intended to disrespect any religion. This story also has fictitious members of the Imperial family...
The author would like to thank moncrief_the_advocate for insightful input. ***** The Third Ring Urta was a verdant planet, but its most common proteins were toxic to humans. Colonists were genetically altered so they and their descendants could thrive on Urta's native bounty. The scientists and engineers were supposed to be temporary residents on Urta. Th...
It's late at night, your home is quite as your parents are out on a business trip for few weeks. You sigh slightly out of boredom as your games, and even less, home work hold no appeal to your interests. You look over at your desk remembering the strange book you picked up outside addressed to you. With a shrug you get up and walk over to the medium sized le...