Deep-Sea Fantasy For her first-ever holiday on her own, Danae had gone after a dream: the Maldives. White sand, the ebb and flow of the crystal clear sea, palm trees and warm sunshine all day long. And now, here she was! She had felt that there couldn't be a better place to enjoy being done with her first round of stressful studies. And there was also the...
The wind was growing stronger, coming over the little skiff's port beam now in gusts over thirty knots, and the old fisherman working the worn wooden tiller looked back over his left shoulder at the wall of black cloud that had been chasing him since noon. He cast a practiced eye on the approaching headland, then looked down to measure the color of the water...
The name is Luper. I am what you would call a god. Not just any god but one of the craftiest you will ever meet. In my true form, I look like a large wolf. A wolf the size of a bull that stands as tall as a man. I walk around the earth, coming and going as I please. I'm not like the others. I'm a fun-loving traveler. I'm a bit of an adventurer. I don't care...
1 week ago. Lyra sighed. She might as well give up now rather than find some other guy who might be the one and might not be the one and then end up going through the whole process over again. It was the same with every guy she met. She really liked them, and she wanted to try and go further with them, but that one dammed secret just kept getting in the way!...
•ALL CHARACTERS IN THIS STORY ARE 18 OR OLDER• ****** A mermaid. That's what Valour had thought when he spied the floating figure in the rough waters of the black ocean. It hadn't taken them long to haul the pale-skinned creature from the inky grasp of the sea waters, but when they did his men crowded around her, bodies moving with the sways of the ship....
The Hotel The sun was low in the sky as we drive down a narrow dirt road. The small sign had indicated the entrance to our final destination, a secluded beach hotel that was definitely off the beaten track. We would have missed it if hadn't been driving so slowly admiring the sunset. Palm tress over hung the road all the way down to a small parking lot in f...
Passegiatta I have no words -- alas!-- to tell, the loveliness of loving well! Poe, Tamerlane [Log entry of the SailingVessel Springer: 31 October, 0920 hrs local time. COG: at anchor; SOG: 0.0 kts; Temp: 41˚ f; Winds: NE at 12 knots, viz +3 NMI; Barometer 29.91 steady since 2300 hrs last night; GPS: 44°18'11.36"N by 9°12'35.24"E. Just anchored in...
What a day! A few hours earlier I heard the ship's horn from aboard a ship for the first time. I was, finally, on a cruise, after fantasizing about it for so many years! Maybe I should go back. Two months ago Geoffrey sprang the news on me that he had fallen for someone other than me. Considering Geoffrey was my husband of ten years, and that our marriage h...
I could see you on the horizon in the distance, standing on the beach. The wind from the approaching storm was stirring from the south, and it was making your gown ripple and flow from your body. From this distance I could just make out the subtle curve of your hips, the strong posture of your shoulders on the windward side. You stood still there on the shor...
This is part of an ongoing series - if you find yourself here without reading the others, I highly recommend going back and starting at the beginning! We'll still be here when you get back ;) Alternate title: Falling for you The closer the separation gets, the harder it gets to write. We'll get there, and then we'll get over it, but they're just so happy r...