Chapter 1. Recovery and Chaos She sat humming a tune. "Dry bones, dry bones..." "Is it a fantasy?" he asked. She answered with a quote from the Cuckoo's Nest, "It may not be real, but it is true." Prologue I was contacted by an alien race of vampires. They used the will of human beings in a connected network to manipulate space and time. The human mind...
I first need to thank the talented Candace Frazier for her editing skills. Without her help this tale would not have happened. ***** He woke to the silence of the deep Michigan forest. The only sound that he detected was the occasional breeze wafting through the thick pine trees outside his window. The early spring morning still kept the temperature below...
1. There were too many of them, but Kyra showed no signs of submission. She stood her ground, eyeing them from where she stood, her sword held up as though to challenge them to attack her. "We can’t win this," I whispered to her, hoping she would hear me. "I know," she replied, calmly, watching the creatures as they gathered around us. Now there were tw...
This story shares some elements of my other stories in the beginning, but goes in a totally different direction. If you like fetish, unpredictable androids, B/D and Science Fiction/Fantasy, this story is for you! CHAPTER 1- THE "CHANCE" MEETING I had pulled into a gas station on a raw overcast evening to gas up. The station was old and minimal, with 1 row...
INTRODUCTION: Several people have been kind enough to e-mail me to tell me how much they've enjoyed the stories about Arky, and to ask when the next one would be available. There has been a long wait for the next story in the series, but seeing it brings back all the regular characters from the previous stories I hope you think it was worth the wait. Enjoy!...
Dear Readers, The next installment. I know these middle two have taken a while. I'm sorry for making you wait. I'm looking at 3 maybe 4 more chapters. KemMyst ************************* Monday Another night of disturbed sleep. Another night of his mate pulling away from him. Another night of a wolf in the bed with him and her nightmares. Lyssa's wolf ha...
We left soon after Darren and Glenda did, I was exhausted but not so exhausted that I didn't want to collect my reward for surviving the grilling. I had already pushed Misty out of my mind, there wasn't anything I could do about her at the moment anyway, and for all I know; part of her plan was to stress me out. Guess what? It wasn't working; I had just pass...
NOTE: All characters are at least age 18. Inspired by a back to back viewing session of Slither and Terminator. ***** Amanda read her book in silence by the warm orange light of dusk. Her back against a tree, she did not see the curious way the leaves behind her swirled up off the ground like helixes of green. But she did sense something. The hairs on he...
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Thanks, mods, for posting so quickly. Much appreciated!!!!! And readers, thanks for your comments. And thanks to Scooter for editing. And no, Heather doesn't get eaten, MasterfulJim! I mean seriously, can you picture a vampire cat? -------------------- CHAPTER FORTY-ONE Hiliad's POV: There is nothing in this God-forsaken world more ero...
It had cost Ruth nearly all of her inheritance and hundreds of hours of time, but at last she thought she'd found her Grail. So many ads in the underground newspapers, so many trips across the world to search the fetid dark alleys and the shadows of high society's brightly-lighted towers. She'd followed leads in fourteen countries and over fifty cities, town...