The morning dew rested on everything outside the kitchen window. The morning's moistness covered the front lawn and everything within eyeshot of the window. The rain the night before had caused an eerie mist to come and blanket the whole of outdoors making visibility low from every window in the house. Annette had peaked out of the living room window to se...
Sassy's Grave was the local bar and grill located at Jupiter Avenue, one of the roughest neighborhoods in town. Its top patrons were the local biker gang known as the Hurricanes. Jupiter Avenue was their territory and nobody dared to take it from them. They were their own little mafia; murder, blackmail, extortion, prostitution, drugs, the list went on and o...
A pleasant breeze wafted off the coast onto the terrace dining area, pleasant in the ninety-eight degree weather, a perfect day with clear skies and a few dreamy clouds floating far above. The light summer breeze maintaining a cooler temperature than the sun endangered. The ocean a blanket graduating in colour from blue gray to a startling blue then aquamari...
A primordial world, savage and feral. The ochre sky hung thick and oppressive with the promise of rain. Swirls of soot and ash drifted past. A gravel path led up the mountain. The man climbed the mountain. His destiny lay at the top. Sweat covered his thick corded muscles, darkened from exposure to the elements. His muscles bulged beneath black chain link...
Chapter Six: Changes Infected: 2,111,985,298 Healthy: 5,074,253,393 Day: 15 Kiwi opened his eyes to the sound of the President of the United States. "We must remain calm in the face of this sweeping set of changes. But we cannot remain calm if we cannot face the truth: The truth is that this virus is real, and that it has been introduced to the oce...
CHAPTER 1 - INITIAL FINDINGS Sympiny shivered and rubbed her arms. The bitter cold of the Shiverpeaks was something she hadn't planned for. She had taken a heavy cloak with her, but she hadn't thought it would get this frigid. Being an Asura, she's more used to the warm environment of the Tarnished Coast around Rata Sum. But recently, her interests turned...
A while later, I didn't exactly know how long, as my watch had for some unknown reason, died, Maggie had me dressed in a soft blue gown made of what I assumed was wool. It was a beautiful dress, I had to admit, even if it was slightly itchy and a little too short. I glanced down at my toes and sighed. You could see up to my ankles. Maggie said it was consi...
Rinessa stared at the woman in stunned silence. The Woman gave her a gorgeous half-smile and walked around her, eying every inch of Rinessa from head to heels. Normally Rinessa might have lashed out but this place seemed to moving at a disconcertingly slow speed. Instead she merely said, "Where are we?" The Woman paused in front of Rinessa. "That's a good q...
Disclaimer: I do not own the Anita Blake series, nor any of the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story. For people that don't know, Joseph is a lion shifter and Micah is a leopard shifter Dominance & Desire "Come in, Joseph," said Anita. "Do you know what you almost did out there?" asked Joseph, his voice filled with r...
I put on the dress and my life changed. I cannot now remember exactly how it came about. Kathy had bought the dress second-hand, put it on, and asked me how she looked, so I said very nice. Then somehow she said I should put it on and I did. Perhaps it was a joke, I can't honestly say. It should have been ridiculous, a middle-aged man in a dress, but it wasn...