While slowly beginning to come to, Frank heard low voices somewhere off in the distance, but was unable to make out what was being said. As the grogginess began to wear off, a flood of memories came rushing into his mind; getting drunk at the bar and being caught wearing panties, being Tazed on his front porch, waking up chained to a wall in an S&M dungeon w...
"But when they came to writing, Thoth said, “O king, here is something that, once learned, will make the people wiser and will improve their memory; I have discovered a potion for memory and for wisdom.” The king replied, “O most expert Thoth, it will introduce forgetfulness into the soul of those who learn it: they will not practice using their memory...
This is one of a few flash-sized chapters I am writing for the next few months. This particular episode contains weight gain justified by pseudo-science. If such a thing would gall you, I would consider reading something else. ***** Jupiter Morrison shuddered with anticipation as she held up the second outfit she was debating wearing to the reunion. The s...
The video Malcolm Coates made for Ashleigh Lillian Kirby single-handedly revived his Hollywood career, and he was being inundated with offers for new film and music-video projects. There was one offer he figured he'd be a fool to refuse. Ashleigh had recommended Malcolm to her best friend Wendy Winton, whom she had known since they first met at Star of the...
(Note: The following is dream based, and might contain certain scenarios and/or observations that may be confusing to some readers. Reader discretion is advised.) I can distinctly feel the winter chill penetrate my thin woolen gloves, which cling pleadingly to the near empty coffee tin. I am hunched over in a fetal position hugging my knees close to my ches...
ELENA I kneeled in the great hall of Castle Bentius, King and Queen Tiadoa staring down at me from their white thrones. Princess Leveria Tiadoa sat at a lower throne next her father, not even trying to mask her contempt. I suspected she was quite glad of Yavara's disappearance. Were it not for my ranger training, I might've jumped the bitch. "You may ris...
I ran to one of those strange windows that encircled Master Oringel's chamber and looked down on the palace courtyard. Swarms of guards were headed for the royal wing. Nikelle? She must have gone straight to the king's chambers. She really did have a death wish. That bitch just couldn't let anything be easy for me. Still, with everyone's attention on the k...
You scoot your chair back from the table, rubbing an eye as you take a moment to consider this glaring bright room and the truly absurd opportunity it offers. Oh, your summer job hunt had started typically enough: the movie theater, a few pizza joints, that doggie daycare place, any number of perfectly normal and perfectly dull prospects for the admittedly n...
CHAPTER 1 Petra's spell Petra stares from his master's tower window, the highest in the castle as shocks rush through the wooden rafters where mice live. Dust knocks loose from the ceiling framework, catching light off Petra's glowing staff. Staring, crazed, his eyes peer out into the night. A single word slips from his mouth, "Bathemus..." Twenty yard...
"Ally, take it easy. That's just the fever talking." I said, leaning away from her. She was right earlier, I should've listened to her and left when I had the chance. Ally's much stronger, her arms had a tight grip on me. She wasn't going to let me go, not without a fight that it. "But I need you. I don't want to leave me alone, not like this. Don't you l...