I was recently invited to join a group of guys on a 4-day pheasant hunting trip to a lodge in North Dakota. I'd never been before, so I was really looking forward to it. What I got into was quite different than I expected. Upon arrival, I hefted my bags onto the porch, and in the front door of the lodge. I was met by the couple that managed the lodge, Dan a...
The pain was sharp and sudden. Jewell had been working out by stepping up and down on a bench with a 20 lbs bar when she felt her hamstring give way. She almost fell flat on her back except for the quick reflexes of a weightlifter next to her, who caught her. “You ok?” he asked as he lifted her into his arms. “I dunno. I think I might have pulled my hamstr...
-The Full Moon Retreat- Episode: The First Search and Rescue Mission Chapter 7: And...Which asylum did you say that you escaped from? To the reader: My apologies for missing my goal of publishing on a weekly basis. In chapter 6, I used a few words from a line in the poem "High Flight" and placed the accreditation at the end of the story. In crediting t...
This is a drama that as it is played out, it starts affecting so many, so as the story unfolds more people become involved, and not unlike real life, each action is like a ripple in the pond, causing other reactions. Two people are trying to escape a sadistic human sex trafficker, and there are some scenes of violence and of a sexual nature. * The young P...
Chapter 2 - Welcome Overstayed The next morning I woke to birds chirping outside my tent. Sunlight filtered through my tent flap to my bearskin rug and my bear chest. My head ached, but I was accustomed to being hung over. I stood and stretched my muscles, turning my wrist over to look at my Luxen duct. My body, and my duct, looked the same as they ever h...
What would you do if you could live forever? For me, it's a question I fear to ask myself. I'm not sure I would like the answer. My name is Kalibar Barok and I was born in what is today called Tunisia, in Africa. The land in which I was born was once called the Carthaginian Empire. I was born in the summer of 650 B.C. Long before the fall of heroic Carthage...
When she got into the transport she didn't know where they were going or why. Nick had just told her he had a surprise for her that he wanted to try out. I guess he'd been saving for several years to be able to do this so she was curious what it was. Nick had pulled some strings but wouldn't tell her what those were because he wanted her in the dark complete...
Jane Marsh put down her pen and stood to answer the telephone by the forth ring. "Hello." "Jane, how are you?" The voice at the other end of the line paused for a second or two before continuing. "The sheriff was just here and left word that there's a hiker lost somewhere near your cabin." "How does the sheriff know that he's around here?" Jane asked the...
"Ari, could you come help me a second?" Kacey called from the office. "What do you need Kacey?" "I need help with this sex scene," she said. "Right, Ms. Porn Writer needs help with a sex scene," Ari said sarcastically. "No, really. I'm trying to get this one right, and it just won't work. I can't get the mechanics right. So, I figured you, the ex-militar...
My name is Rosalind, "Roz." Tears are slowly rolling down my cheek as I stand on the tarmac at the airfield. A big military transport has just landed and it is bringing my husband, Jeff, and his unit home from a year long deployment in an overseas combat zone. This should be a moment of happiness and the tears should be those of joy. But that's not the cas...