Chapter Three: Changing History I found the path the army had followed onto the field around Ostagar. Loghain's army had turned off, to head up to the cliff; that I knew. Instead, I went down. As I walked, I started to hear a faint noise. At first I couldn't identify it, but after a bit, as it grew louder, I realised what it was. Screaming. The sound of m...
Everything hurt. I couldn't open my eyes, it was like I was in a mental fog. I could hear things, feel things, but they weren't real to me. It was like I was listening to a radio in the next room, only able to pick up words and phrases. The rest was all noise as I drifted in and out. "Stay with me, Rose," a voice said. I could feel movement, my head was in...
Niko returned to the barn to find Camille bent over his friend. The man's head was cradled in her hand, while she held a small bottle of water to his lips. His eyes were closed though he seemed to be hearing what she was telling him. After attending to Olan's thirst, Camille lowered his head back to the blanket, moving around to tend his wounded shoulder. T...
We were "T-boned" at a bust intersection. Some idiot had come sailing though the red light and buried his car into the passenger's door of our Cutlass. Fortunately there had been several witnesses to the accident. I had been seated in the "suicide seat" and was taken to the hospital by ambulance. At the E.R. they discovered I had a fracture humerus in my ri...
***Monday's Child is fair of face, Tuesday's Child is full of grace, Wednesday's Child is full of woe, Thursday's Child has far to go, Friday's Child is loving and giving, Saturday's Child works hard for a living but the Child born on the Sabbath Day is fair and wise and good and gay.*** I've always loved my job. Ever since I watched a documentary about ho...
The phone in my office rang at about 2pm. It was usually a quiet part of my day in my job as Guest Relations Director at the high end luxury hotel I work for. "Ryan. We need you down here in the banquet room ASAP. We have a situation." It was our day shift manager -- Liz -- on the other end of the line. "What's wrong?" I asked. "One of the speakers at t...
Since May he has visited my store. Three a.m. usually finds him strolling in...(who strolls at three a.m.)...to look at porn. "I've just broken up with my girlfriend, you see." Understandable. "Please feel free to look around all you like." "Thank you. Do you like porn?" "Yes, but I don't generally buy magazines. The internet has such a wide selection,"...
"I want to make love to other men." "What?!" I had just arrived home from a long day's work. "I want to make love to other men." "You want to fuck away our marriage, you mean!" She smiled deprecatingly, put her hand on my arm and spoke as if to a child, "No darling, it won't affect our marriage. You know you were my first and only lover. Now the children...
I smell blood. A wounded animal. An easy kill. The blood is still fresh. Not dead yet. A noise ahead, whimpering. Getting close. Big animal. No not animal. The part of my brain that is still human tries to comprehend. No fur. Clothing. Human. Must not kill. It's female and injured. Blood covers her ragged clothing. Smells like sweat, blood and desperation....
by Vandemonium1 and CreativityTakesCourage writing as SemperAmare We have seen comments on our own stories, as well as those of other authors, along the lines of, "That was too far-fetched; the unbelievability of it detracted from my enjoyment of the story." This is another unbelievable one. Following a recent trend, this is a story of an overheard con...