Queen Hippolyta had some difficulty focusing on the matter at hand. Her generals debated what formation to use to repel the invading westerners, but Hippolyta had never been very apt at strategy, truth be told. The queen was named after her ancestor Hippolyta the Liberator, the founder of Amazonia. The legends said that Hippolyta the Liberator fought with a...
Chapter 8 – Eloisa The weather quickly changed a couple of days after Kim's birthday. Cold rain and sleet constantly bombarded the dreary streets of Danube City, with the promise that there would be no let-up until next spring. The pavement was covered with cold water and the last of the bicyclists were driven off the streets and into the city's trolleys. T...
Around 4 a.m., with my arms around Becky's warmth, my face nestled in her hair, I sank into a deep, Mariana Trench sleep. A sleep so ocean deep, nothing, short of a bomb planted by Jacques Cousteau under the bed, would wake me up. When I finally cracked opened my eyes, the clock next to the bed said it was 5 a.m.. After blinking out the blurriness, I reali...
Lord Jonas Cinder led his pale-skinned, hot-bottomed new slave out of the bowels of the dungeon and into the open-air court much the same way he'd led her from her cell, bound on a leash of rags. She still felt fear as he led her into the courtyard, arms secure behind her back and as bare as the day she was born but she tried to hide it. There were so many p...
"Master, Eupas has returned," Prima informed the Ambassador, who had just finished shaving himself. "Let him in," Kalitz instructed her. Eupas entered his boss's office, apparently satisfied from a few encounters with youths. He also looked pleased for another reason. Abel instantly sensed that the meeting with the Vorindun Consul must have gone well. How...
Warning! This story contains material of an adult nature and is intended for mature readers and for personal use only. No copyright infringement is intended. * CHAPTER 5 The taxi drew up in a leafy avenue, in the Northern suburbs of the capitol and, after they'd both alighted from the black cab, Mike paid off the leering driver, adding a modest tip. "Tha...
He had remained a bachelor, blaming the rigours of his working life which had often seen him travel to the corners of the British empire on business as the reason for not taking a wife, in response to those who cared to ask. The real reason for Henry Trent remaining single at nearly 50 - he being a more than reasonably well off Victorian gentleman, fit and a...
SNYOPSIS: Sandman's Parallax Pt. 03 - Temporary Insanity of Passion Dr. Franklin wakes up from his dream and realizes it was very real. During the long drive to the asylum to hunt for his "mind intruder", the history of the asylum, and some of the Doctor's inner thoughts and dreams are revealed. Two frequent nightmares reoccur in a frightening fashion. His...
There are many in my court who are calling for your execution as a show of force against those who would do us harm, while others feel that such violence would only result in retaliation from your people. They would simply have you ransomed off back to your people as a show of good faith, as well as our own superiority. The script is by u/rottenpines from...
My name is Wendy Beaulieu, and this right here is my story. Life is tough for those who are genetically different from the rest of everyday humanity. It's especially tough for me these days. You see, I'm not exactly like everybody else. And although my background and appearance play a big part in it, they're not the main reason. At six foot three inches and...