The days since Holly's adventures at "The 1000 Lays" were mostly peaceful. Maria even managed to take Holly to a movie theater and watch a whole movie. To Maria's surprise, Holly kept it together and made it through the whole thing with no difficulty at all. "It's because of that night, Maria," Holly explained, "I came so much back then that my body is focu...
Time to set the record straight. You've never been defeated. Not by anyone from Earthrealm, Outworld, the Nether Realm or anywhere else for that matter. You were and still are as far as you're concerned the reigning Mortal Kombat Champion. You never lost to Johnny Cage, you certainly never lost to Liu Kang, hell you could probably take on Shao Kahn if you re...
Part 2 - Anna Shows Up Unannounced Chapter 5 - A Very Attractive Package We were sharing a late breakfast when Emma said, "There's a car coming up the drive. Do you expect someone?" Beth and I shook our heads and all three of us walked out to the front steps. A dusty sedan pulled in and stopped. After a moment, the door opened and a woman got out and star...
There wasn't a cloud in the early spring sky and the groundskeepers had the grass long, thick and green in anticipation of the day's expected onslaught of 30,000 people. "What a perfect day for the Easter Egg Roll," Jake thought, as he and Catherine carefully made their way across the White House lawn. Jake had been apprehensive about Catherine's safety am...
Note: Thanks to all the readers who provided feedback on the Crash-n-Burn series. There was some good, constructive criticism there, and I have been listening. I probably should say that I'm sorry for the way it ended, with so many loose threads (but, to be honest, I'm not really). Some of them will be picked up in the future, but that story was about Cole a...
There are no underage characters in this story. All characters are over the age of 18-years-old. Buyer beware. Are Chinese piano accordions any good or are they all bad? The good, the bad, and the truth about Chinese accordions. Something you may or may not know about me from reading my stories but I used to play piano and my four, much older brothers all...
When most girls envision their future, most think of their wedding day rather than marriage and family. And that, my friends, is a problem. It takes two to tango, and I honestly feel that if most people put as much energy into their marriages as they did their wedding days, there'd be fewer divorces. Seriously. My name is Tika Danusubroto-Wallace and I was b...
Meet Arini "Rini" Ketiga, a young Indonesian Muslim transsexual living in the City of Ottawa, Ontario. She's originally from the City of Surabaya, Indonesia, and has been living in the Canadian Capital for about a decade. Two years ago, Arini became a Canadian citizen, and she's trying to change the narrative about both people of color and transsexuals in No...
Chapter 8 Motive It was after 2 p.m. when Carmen and Lauren got back to the conference room. They'd called Shane and told her they were leaving 14th Street, and did Shane want to join them for lunch someplace? She did not, since she was in a meeting with Chase in his limo somewhere out in the valley. Shane said she'd meet them in the conference room about 2...
The sun rose over the City of Calgary, Alberta, and as usual, Hakim Winston rose with it. Shooting a disgusted look at the body lying next to his, he left his bed, and went to the nearby washroom. Looking in the mirror, he grimaced as he saw what looked back at him. A six-foot-tall, brawny and muscular young man with light brown skin, curly hair and lime-gre...