The planet Luxos 4 was a world that tourists visited in a continuous string of spaceliners. With little surface water, the weather tends to be benign and predictable and the whole surface of the planet within the temperate zones was covered in a thick carpet of ancient deciduous trees, hundreds of feet high. The first settlers, a thousand Earth years before...
February 2015 Harry crossed over to the photographer. "These pictures don't leak to anyone. What goes on here doesn't either," he said softly. "I understand," Toby said. Tanalei came out in a toga-style dress. It had a slit down the front so the stomach could be shown. "Tanalei, can you lay down? Harry, help her. Alright boys, take off your shirts." Har...
As they rose from their camp outside of the waterfall entrance to Menzoberranzan, Mithrell watched her guard pick up the bedrolls and snuff out the last of the fire. She smiled at the thorough way he did things, and absently smoothed her cloak over her belly. As he finished, she turned to regard the waterfall. "How much further do you think it is, Addy?" she...
What will our children do in the morning? Will they wake with their hearts wanting to play, the way wings should? Will they have dreamed the needed flights and gathered the strength from the planets that all men and women need to balance the wonderful charms of the earth so that her power and beauty does not make us forget our own? I know a...
I sensed her... a mile to the west, moving towards me. In anticipation I ran to intercept her, knowing the route she would take. My armor glinted in the moonlight, and I knew she would see it. Always the careful tracker, Mithrell was. I saw her wading through the brook that separated our camp from the next village, and I waited in the shadows, watching her....
Mithrell Kendermore sat herself on a rock overlooking the beautiful waterfall that guarded the subterranean gate to Menzoberranzan, she barely heard the presence of the black-robed guard following her. "Adaman, are we almost there?" "Yes, m'Lady," came the swift reply as he kneeled next to her. The black robes caught the setting sun's light in a strange way...
"You will never win!" Mithrell Kendermore strode through the trail, her voice angry. Her swords glimmered in the afternoon light, her eyes bright as she looked around for any sign of her guard's passing. "Impossible," she thought as she scanned the trail. Not one footprint, broken twig, even a blade of grass bent wrong. Nothing was there. She growled in her...
For the next few weeks, I had to take care that my wife could not see my bottom. It was vividly striped with purple weals. The pain had quickly subsided, leaving a not unpleasant 'glow' but the evidence of my punishment remained for some time. Somehow the whole incident had stirred my emotions like nothing before. To merely be admitted into the presence of a...
After a day of exploring the mountain and forests surrounding their chateau, Mithrell Kendermore and Adamante Necronis, her black-robed guardian, made their way back to the cabin. He watched warily at the sounds of the forest as they traveled a hidden path. She giggled slightly at his paranoia, knowing she herself had spells of warding set up around both of...
Tom pulled into the lot of the city's park area and parked in the very last slot at the end, far away from the benches, the restrooms and maintenance shacks, and anyone who happened to be there. A large tree and some medium sized bushes partially concealed his car from curious and wandering eyes. Tom turned to his driving companion and asked, "Are you ready...