The beautiful young woman was on her way, in a coach and under military escort, across the eastern Colorado plains to the side of her elderly husband, the commander of Fort Hayden in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. They were only a short distance from their destination when the small tribe of renegade Indians attacked them. There was little hope the c...
(This story was edited by LadyShianne, thanks S~) The limousine rode casually along the streets of Los Angeles while Lynn stared through the window as the stores and shops passed by. Her thoughts carried her back to her family's get togethers and her Uncle Nick's visits. He was always a cheerful man and almost always brought her a gift when he come to visi...
Danielle found herself unceremoniously layered in Indian styled women's clothing and bundled into the back of a waiting car driven by a young man who didn't look at either her or her two companions. After thirty minutes of driving through winding back streets and alleys, the car pulled up outside a line of ramshackle houses. Not a word had been spoken duri...
Lynn awoke stretching broadly yawning with clinched fist. She bumped the dream catcher that still lay on the bed next to her. The TV was on that she had fell asleep watching. Laying there a moment to collect her thoughts she pulled the covers off of her in ready to roll out of the bed. When her feet hit the floor she sat there and wiped her eyes and face lo...
In the storied, tropical realm of the Republic of Guyana, a unique society exists, made up mainly of Africans and Indians, both of whom were brought to this part of the world in ages past by European colonists who exploited them. The ancestors of today's Afro-Guyanese were forcibly brought to Guyana from West Africa, and the ancestors of today's Indo-Guyanes...
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...
Yvonne finished up with her last client at six in the evening, and then stayed behind and wrote her progress notes concerning the counseling session. When she was done twenty minutes later, she left the clinic and biked to her apartment near Lake Merritt. After taking a shower, she wrote some more client notes for the people she saw during the past week. E...
Just one of those days, man. I woke up to the sound of my roommates barking over the breakfast table, and they were their usual grumpy selves. Once upon a time, the idea of sharing a townhouse in the suburb of Barrhaven, Ontario, with a couple of guys sounded like a dream come true. Welcome to my nightmare. I showered, got dressed and got out. "Hello there,...
"Do not talk with anyone. You can make eye contact and smile. Keep walking around. I know this is awkward and unusual. It's a theatre technique." Selena stepped her right flip flop onto the student stage. It was a blue Hawaiian themed rubber flip flop with a big, white flower in between her first toes. Her toe nails the white rim of a pedicure. The center o...
THE EVOLUTION OF TRUCK FLASHING Many of you are new at this flashing trucker game and may think it's only been around since modern tractor trailers became widely used. Well friends I'm gonna tell you just how it all began. Don't bother looking this up. What I have to write is all true. I should know, I just made it up myself and truckers don't lie. I suppo...