Sydney I. Drift. "Did you call him yet?" "No." "Oh my God, Sydney, call him!" "No!" Tess huffed impatiently on the other end of the line and not one part of me cared. "He broke up with me, I think. If anyone is crawling back to someone it's he to me. Or something. You know what I mean." "I actually don't, because you've turned into a crazy person...
Ch.13 Knots and Bows The putt-putt sound echoed around the compound, as the small bike idled. Two dozen faces were smiling, as they watched Wayne Unser get last minute instructions on operating the controls. The helmet made him look like an astronaut, the clear bubble windscreen protecting his face. He pulled in the clutch and tapped the shifter into...
The new day dawned with sun streaming in through my open curtains and I felt sooo relaxed as I woke, and while I lay enjoying the dappled light coming through the leaves of the tree in our back garden I replayed the events of yesterday in my mind. What a day - the day my life irrevocably changed - for good or ill I suppose is yet to be seen - but for now I...
One of the things that Alan hadn't anticipated with having four women living with him -- magical or not -- was the laundry. Normally, he had to wash clothes once every week or two. With this many people to do chores for, he found he had to wash clothes every other day and dishes twice as often. For some reason, he had assumed that their clothes would be magi...
In the main banqueting hall, Maggie could hear everybody taking part in a raucous countdown to midnight. It was probably thanks to this, that she managed to creep up a little-used corridor without being detected by the security guards. Occasionally sneaking a glance at the floor plan on her phone, she located the back staircase and made her way silently onto...
"What's wrong?" Asked Black Eagle when he had revived 'Lyssa. "Don't you know how my species reproduces?" She cried in despair. "Tell me." Replied the Shaman. "The young are carried inside for several months. Then the mother seeks a safe place and goes catatonic. Her skin becomes hard and brittle, like an eggshell. She is still aware and alive as her of...
Howard knew he would need coins for the parking meter at lunchtime and tried his wife's oddment draw in the bedroom. Beneath the clutter was an unfamiliar black-covered notebook. Knowing he shouldn't, he opened the book and read from the first page. It was written in Judy's familiar round hand in red ballpoint and he thought it was a diary or journal. He ski...
"Let's respond to your questions one at a time," suggested Gwen as she studied the photos. "First of all, I'm not running for office, so I certainly won't be withdrawing. I never entered the race. These photos are real, and the quality is excellent. They were taken on our July 4th Ride for American Pride five years ago. "Jared is a dear friend and yes, we w...
Memories Chapter 05: Blackrock Beach Having been highly trained by British Telecom in London as a specialist telecommunications technician, the job I found myself in Melbourne did not challenge me too much and as such became a bit of a breeze as far as time allotted to do a job was concerned. Here I installed mainly intercom systems which did not stretch...
© 2003 by Thrillerauthor It will be billed as "Fear Factor" meets "The Bachelor". Out of twenty-four contestants vying for the right to marry Mr. Right, one will secretly be a guy. If "she" survives the elimination rounds and makes it into the finals, when intimacy is to be expected prior to the climactic episode, all bets are off. Andrea Messenger tossed...