Chapter 38 Alex awoke the next morning and turned over. She wasn't surprised when Gavin wasn't there. Still, it would have been nice she decided. She attempted to get up and found that her body didn't want to. It was angry after all the hard work done yesterday. The pounding and bouncing in the trucks over what they called roads around here. The carrying o...
This story contains scenes of (fairly) graphic violence. If that is not for you, then you should skip this story. As always, feedback is welcome. Blood and Shadow Deck 19, Armory, 0800 hours, 2294, Klingon Border "Crewman Black reporting, sir." Sahar looked up from the maintenance bench she had been hunched over. "At ease, Jeff," she said. Black was the...
USS Surefoot-A, Deck 2 Fore, Senior Officers' Quarters, Stardate 50320.6: Commander T'Varik knelt on the meditation mat in the centre of her quarters, focusing on the single candle in the stand before her, its steady illumination failing to assist her in achieving the desired level of serenity. No. No, it was only logical to accept that, at this stage, the...
Randy had sent me a text that my friend Crystal was in the hospital, but not which hospital. I was frantically texting him back when Francois looked down at an arriving text on his phone. He tapped and swiped until he could read the message. "It's from Randall," he told me calmly. "What? Does he say what hospital?" I asked, reaching for his phone. He held...
Note: Sorry for this 'depressing shit', as someone commented on the last chapter. *giggles* Life is so depressingly shitty sometimes. This is just a slice of it. Tough times build character, remember? ;) Thank you and keep reading! ***** There are moments in life when words are rendered impossible. Glimpsing Cynthia through the small window in the CCU wa...
*Author's Note: Any and all persons engaging in any sexual activity are at least eighteen years of age. ***** The sectional furniture was a contemporary rectangular design. Square cushions continued the sharp angular appearance of the one loveseat, chair, and longer couch. It came complete with square ottoman; actually a cube on wheels. "That is the uglie...
Thanks to LaRacasse for suggesting a story set in India, and homage to E. M. Forster, creator of a masterpiece. I have tried to capture the language and attitudes of the time (roughly 1925), even as I exaggerated them in this parody; that which is offensive today was common speech then, and vice versa. So if racism and other political incorrectnesses offend...
My cries had turned to a silent agony, contorting my face as I gripped the sodden pillow. Not only had I lost my unborn child, but I also felt more alone right now than I ever had in my life. The hospital bed was horribly hard, making it impossible to sleep. Every pore of my body seemed to ache. To wail in mourning when my voice no longer could. Yet I took...
{No happy ending here, life sometimes gets in the way of that. Or does it? Sometimes it is we that can get in the way of what could be. This has a tiny bit of truth in it, almost everything I write does. Probably that is true of everyone who writes, even if the truth is only fantasy. I do know there was a friend once, and Sonny is (was) his name. Long tim...
Anyone having sex is 18 or older This is my submission for the Valentine Day contest. Enjoy and please vote. * I have spent many an afternoon in the woodshop alongside the garage, I built mostly things the kids or grandkids wanted, bedroom sets, dressers, nightstands, small occasional tables, a hutch here or there. Stuff like that. I was presently working...