Ayumi walked into the front room of the building, and was greeted by the bubbly assistant Monica. They exchanged brief pleasantries, commented on the fact that John was really excited about this latest idea for a photo shoot, and then Ayumi disappeared down the corridor. John was already in Studio 3, the room designed specifically for fetish-related shoots...
Zhartha checked the monitor once again. Each creature was floating at hip level and asleep. Strange creatures he thought, but then he had been studying humans for the last two hundred years. "Incoming message from High Council," the announcement was made into his ear piece. He switched the image over on the monitor. High Councilor Xanthar's foreboding ima...
Alba's phone vibrated in her pocket. Short bursts indicated texts. She shifted her shower caddy to her left hand so that she could pull out her phone with her right. There were two texts from Michael. Text 1: "I know it's short notice but there's a Doctor Who marathon at the indie theatre downtown. It starts tomorrow at 7PM and is 24 hours until Sunday at 7...
The classic image of the battle between good and evil, has always been a chess game. Black pieces battle white pieces on a board of ebony and ivory squares. Plotting and moving pieces till they get a final victory. Except it wasn't a final victory, as the pieces are set up again. For another game. Which makes the repeated games repeative and redundant, over...
I threw back the curtains and was almost blinded by the intensity of the light and colours that flooded in to my room. Deep blue skies and aqua blue seas speckled with shimmering flashes of reflected sunlight. Dominating it all was unfiltered dazzling orb of the sun still low in the morning sky casting its rays directly in to my East facing room. Its warmth...
Dimensionality and Duration She moved through the space of the lab the way I moved, my first time, through a Shinto shrine. Her eyes were open wide, her pointed chin tilted up, forward then back around as people or wiring or the blinking lights on diagnostic equipment caught her attention. She was made to be obedient yet curious, and the small recursions, t...
Story set in high school. All high school characters are 18 year old seniors. ***** People had been commenting on my appearance a lot this week. Not that I had gained or lost any weight, and I've had the same long haircut I've had for a while now. Instead, they would say it looked like something was out of place on my face or something. I thought they we...
Sam was still smiling when he felt Queen Triada's thoughts. {Are you well? We felt a great evil advancing upon the planet. Though, it seems that you reacted far faster than any of the triad could. Surprised Sam replied, {I'd have thought you faster with as many of the minds that you have making up the triad.} Sam replied still wondering what in the hell Tri...
Mr. Marten and his wife were returning to Boston from a business trip to Chicago. They were the only ones in the coach. They could feel the vibrations as the train rolled along the hilly terrain. Mrs. Marten looked out the window admiring the beauty of the rolling countryside as they passed hills and valleys of lush green, interspersed by buildings and farm...
Here I am at my first ever book festival Many people are milling around, drinking shitty white wine from plastic tumblers. But I'm not here to get drunk. I'm heading straight to see >>>>>> >>>>>>> I heard she was signing books here and, to be honest, that's the only reason I came. I'm gonna ask her out on a date. I push through the crowds of squawkin...