Patrick Murphy walked slowly and silently through the wooded area. His eyes were constantly moving, viewing everything around him, watching where his feet would step, looking for any sort of movement. His rifle was across his chest in both hands, ready to fly to his shoulder for firing. Nothing moved, he heard no sounds. He didn't like it. He was not distur...
Early the next morning we had breakfast with Grandpa, and the rest of the family. Judge Mitchell showed up at the stables as we were hitching the mules to the wagons. "Clay, I need to speak to you before you leave. Do you have a minute?" he asked. Going over to him, I said, "Sure, Judge. We was just getting ready to go. What can I do for you this morning?...
Kira s plane landed at last on Orly airport, in Paris outskirts. The trip had seemed unusually long to her. She was very eager to meet her husband Dan who should be waiting for her at the arrivals exit. She had left for India three months ago. Her Master Kyrhan had her discover some of the major Indian feasts, just to check her mastering of English and Hindi...
Our neighbor in my native village, Selva, as I pointed out in my previous story, had a younger sister by name, Swapna. She had no remarkable features. Because of our age difference, I had come to regard her as a little girl and paid no particular attention to her. After my second experience with Selva (in which Swapna was present in the house, but Selva and...
Next morning Paul woke at six-thirty. Sue had left, and May was lying beside him. May smiled then kissed, Paul. An hour later they showered together. May made breakfast then they left for the Center. Tonight they were going to eat at the Italian restaurant. That evening May came into the lounge, she looked stunning. She had a blouse on that showed off her b...
Craig looked a bit alarmed at the size of the lumbering contraption. "Are you going to put me in that?" he asked, a little apprehensive. "Don't be afraid," Zula laughed. "I won't let anything bad happen to you." The apparatus had four connective arms that extended outward from its central section for the placement of a man's arms and legs. Once the subjec...
"Don't try to fool me, Miss Sneha. I'm your lawyer. You'll end up ruining your own case." "Like I care, ma'am!" "Then why are you even in my office?" "Mom wanted me to be here. And I can't say no to her." "So what have you decided? I can't get you out of this mess unless you cooperate with me." "Who wants to be out of it anyways? I'm liking it." "You'r...
Sarkopheros Says: The first thing I'd like to do is apologize for this story being late. Originally, it was slated to come out some time around August 30-31stish. However, I had a number of occurrences which caused delays, and I did not want to rush the process and circumvent normal quality control. Thus, this story is coming out five days after the releas...
Her arms hurt. All she remembered was the white van at the curb and a handkerchief over her nose. It was warm and her unclothed body was stretched vertically against a tile wall. There was water running nearby, and steam in the air. She tried to move, but restraints were around her wrists, her waist and her ankles. She said, "Help, where am I?" A gentle sp...
"Ajei, you've been bitten, you now bear the curse of the Skin Walker, when the next full moon rises, you will become one of them, we should kill you for your own good," those were the last words that my father, Hashkeh Naabah, Chief of the Navajo Nation, said to me, the night I came back from collecting fruit in the woods. I got attacked by what I thought wa...