I attempted to write this so the reader is drawn into the story as the main character. --------------------------------------- It lay quiet, perhaps sleeping, perhaps dead, a thing of metal, unknown metal, sitting exposed beneath the stars. Seemingly long dead, if a thing of metal could ever have lived, though our thoughts seem to tell us it did. Buried lo...
"There is no needle...so there is no pain." -Aeon Flux "My problem is that...it's consuming me. I don't think I can deal with this shit. And I think the only way to feel better is to come clean." Steve is flustered. This is not an uncommon occurrence. Over the few years I've known him, I've learned that this frustration of his is an unfortunate side effect...
It was fifteen years ago, when people still believed demons and other mythical beast to be unfounded legends, fruit of wild imaginations and great ignorance of humans during the ancient times... ...but facts proved that it wasn't so. The ancients weren't the ignorant ones, no, they were wise, wise enough to seal the threat before it could overwhelm them. Wis...
For most people, familiarity inevitably leads to a blissful ignorance of what the other party is doing. The husband fails to notice as his wife bats her eyes at the stranger in the restaurant, the wife begins to ignore the overtures her husband is making toward the cute babysitter, and the father trusts his friends not to be forward with his offspring. Somet...
When the Soviet Union fell, chaos descended over Russia in many different aspects of life. The economy plummeted, Mafiosi ruled the streets, and government officials committed blatant acts of corruption. One of the most startling things to come out of this sudden upheaval was the immense outpouring of sex and sexuality into Russian culture. The repressivenes...
Just a short essay on the situation we read about so often about the cheating spouse that laughs as they put one over on their partner. Who do they really hurt in the long run? Who is the chump? The one who loves fully, or the one who pretends, lies and cheats behind the other's back? Always searching for something they already have, if they only opened t...
Note: This is my first submission, so please bear with me. The explicit nature is sure to pick up in the next few chapters; I wasn't originally planning to make this an explicit story, but ideas do develop!! Please do suggest ideas you may have, I'm open to ideas! *** She opened her eyes and looked at her new husband up and down. What a weird feeling. Sh...
LXXIIIvory Towers Alex2034 It was several weeks since Alex had last travelled outside of London. As always the exorbitant cost was covered by business expenses, although this time there was no flight across the Atlantic or toward the Far East. A train ride north from Paddington to the University City of Oxford, even first class, wasn't quite the work junket...
With his forearms resting on the top deck rail, Rick stared blankly out at the horizon. He had been doing that a lot since he came home from the hospital Monday night. Last Friday their daughter, Holly, had been in a serious car accident. She had a broken leg, multiple lacerations, and bruises—but would live. His wife, Jan, joined him out on the deck. "...
All events and characters are fictional. Copyright 2007 by James Adling. All rights reserved. * Chapter 200 - epilogue It had taken seven years. Jim slowed down a lot after the first four. Although he told everyone it was because he couldn't take the pace, it was really just that he couldn't bear for it to end. Finally, after seven years of traveling the...