CHAPTER THIRTEEN: FIVE A.M. Laura Deadorchid laid face down on the sheared soft fur, naked except for the sweep of the coat over her firm buttocks. Martin watched as the French exhale poured from her tender lips pursed in museful smile; then she inhaled it back into herself and sent a triple pump of smoke rings across the pillow. He smiled at how beautiful...
This is Marly Jackson PI's 6th case, "Case Of The Curse" part 1 of 2. In order her stories are contained in: Case Of the Missing Millionaire The Violin Case A Bad Case of Blackmail Case of the Purple Rose The Nightlife Case _______________________ Everyone has a cross to bear. Some people had a special-needs child, some people had herpes, I had Micha...
(author's note: I wrote this at 18 years old, and even then it was meant only as a humorous satire.) My name is The Red Goblin. I travel the world battling capitalism. The media calls me a super-villain but I consider that to be capitalist propaganda. One day, about a year ago, I glided into Hollywood on my red broomstick-glider. I passed a baby in a strol...
Last night I had this crazy dream that I was in prison and you were there. It was actually you and me and everyone we ever met. We were all in prison together. The prison wasn't like a normal prison. It was more like a giant kindergarten. Every other wall in the common areas were painted a vibrant indigo or Halloween orange. Cells were a solid robin's egg...
I was already bored by the party, it really wasn't my scene. A birthday night out for a friend which I readily accepted only to find out I didn't really know anyone else on the night out. Our only other mutual friend had bailed out at the last minute. I felt so out of place in this bar I decided the best thing was to stay at the bar and hit the vodka and ora...
This short chapter is much darker than the rest of the story. It developed that way as I was writing it. If issues of drug addiction are difficult for you then you might want to give it a miss. I'll return to my usual tone for Chapter 12 - the finale of this part of the story. * Romeo the DJ hadn't been wrong - once you navigated the maze of streets you re...
*Author's Note: Any persons engaging in sexual activity are at least eighteen years of age. * She flipped the cigarette out onto the street and blew out the smoke. She paid no mind to the old woman that glared hatefully at her, bothered by the cigarette smoke. "Eat me," she muttered under her breath and walked down the dirty sidewalk. A milling throng at...
"...and the colored girls say, 'do, dee-do...'" I chuckle. "What?" She looks into my eyes, my rapidly glazing eyes; smiles. "It's funny what comes into your head." "Lou Reed? Yeah, kinda weird. Feeling any nausea?" "Not yet. Will I?" "I hope not but...sometimes the first time. Just a bit more." She finishes plunging the syringe. I'm feeling light and...
The entire room stilled, fell quiet and the heads of the room jolted around at the projected profanity that came from Harlee's direction. 'Great.' She thought to herself in a slight state of panic. Bree, the overly observant best friend, saw the complete look of worry upon her face and quickly and quite smoothly covered for her best friend. "How dare they...
XXVI The Pursuit of Happiness Eden 2049 "She's your daughter, too," Eden said into the phone pressed against his ear. "You got custody of her and you should bloody well come and take care of her." "I'm miles away," Zara replied. "I can't be expected to drop everything I'm doing just to pick up my wayward daughter." "I don't see why not," said Eden. "I...