(Author's Note: A wonderful fan and friend provided me with the inspiration for the following story. Thank you for the idea, Allan! Your imagination is almost as wild and crazy as mine!) Jim Wilson didn't know it, but he was being condemned. Even as he made his way into his office his fate was being decided by his company's mostly female staff—thirty-sev...
"What do I say to him, though?" Emily groaned in frustration, struggling to keep up with Rebecca's longer stride. The pair were now journeying on foot across the walkways and pedestrian thoroughfares of the city—they would be at AnimeCon soon, and even after two hours of discussing it, Emily still had no clue what she was going to do. "I think you should ju...
The girls looked at him attentively and waited for him to continue. You could have heard a pin drop in the room, as they all leaned forward to hear John lay out his plan to take down the Armoured Cobras. "We're going to form three teams," John said decisively. "I'll lead Team One, taking Dana and Rachel with me on a ground insertion into the base. We'll res...
CHAPTER 22 MY ELDEST DAUGHTER GRACE WAS NEXT ON JACK'S LIST GRACE'S STORY 1. Being much more of an academic than my younger sister Lili I was enjoying life at university and I liked the atmosphere of the lecture halls and was keen to pass my degree with flying colours. I suppose I am what many people would describe as a bit geeky or a nerd. I find th...
USS Ajax, Deck 2 Mid - Science Lab: Lt Sasha Hrelle looked up from her hand, eyes narrowing across the table at her opponents and grimacing. "Hmmm... I think I have bupkis here." Lt Jim Madison's broad dimpled chin lifted as he raised the ante into the pot. "And I think I'll have to upgrade the onboard Universal Translator for all your Yiddish words."...
The Barnes & Noble on Union Square is always one of my favorite stops when in the city. Yes, it's a chain -- but it's in a magnificent five story structure with large south facing windows looking out over one of the more exciting and vibrant public spaces in New York -- at least in my opinion. The ceilings are incredibly high and the open floor plan and ligh...
[Note: This is a three-part story. The three parts will be posted on consecutive days. Yes, I know that pregnancy and STDs are problems in the real world--but this is a story, and they're not a problem here.] "Honey, have you ever thought about having an affair?" *************** DAN'S STORY That may seem like a very loaded question, but I asked it in...
"Children," Professor Barnes intoned, "Andrew Wyeth once said, 'I dream a lot. I do more painting when I'm not painting. It's in the subconscious.' Can anyone tell me what that means? Yes, Mr. Kadesky." "Creativity lives in the subconscious. Through the leaks and cracks in our conscious, connections are made that allow our creativity to emerge. The more por...
A special thanks to my editor, LaRascasse, without whom this story would likely have been unreadable. The alarm blared its daily rooster routine, snapping me out of an odd dream involving a growling rabbit and Yosemite Sam. I felt my husband leave the bed, and heard him fumble with his phone to dismiss the alarm. Our room went quiet once again, and my eyes...
Act Four: Food for Thought Chapter Three: That Fine Line "Shit," Dee said over dry crackling, "I broke another tree. Sorry." He let go of Eurydice's waist, slipped out of her nectarous sex, and stepped back. Eurydice threw him a lazy, cross-eyed smile over her bare shoulder. "S'okay," she panted, clinging to the listing tree for dear life. "I'm goo—oop!"...