The office of Marcel Xnob, the alchemist, was located between a bakery and an apothecary, on the second floor above what looked like a storage facility. They couldn't be sure when the Church would make its appearance, so Paula was going to stand as lookout while Crell scoped the apartments out. She took up a place across the street from the apothecary, whi...
Author's note: There was this comment on the last chapter. Two criticisms on this chapter 05/17/14 By: raggmopp I have enjoyed all your writing and, unlike many of your critics, I do see the characters changing over time with each new lover Jen takes on. However, I have two criticisms on this chapter. As many others have pointed out Jen is taking a terr...
Tunnel of Love is an album by Bruce Springsteen. All lyrics referenced in this story are from that album. This story first posted as a ten-part series titled The Chanceys. After some time off and with the benefit of hindsight and reader feedback, I went back and edited the story as a whole—something I was not able to do as I was writing and posting chapters...
John sat in his apartment, his laptop on his lap. The sunrise just beginning, he thought today is a new day. He opened Craigslist and scanned the personals, not expecting to find anything and then there it was. He sat quietly staring at the screen, for the first time in a long time indecision weighed on him. "W4M - Couple looking for a Top to teach my wife h...
Harriet Kono wrote notes in her I-pad journal under the file heading 1:23. *Donny Steven's recent vocalizations, Elsa, awesome, clowns. *Test subject Kent Orlando, under for three hours two minutes. *Test subject Donny Stevens under for fifty four minutes. Harriet checked her laptop to see if her messenger avatar had made contact with the test subjec...
Chapter 18: Falling Apart- Part 1 "Mm..." Zyra felt warm and comfortable. With an out of body detachment she noted that she was naked. She didn't panic as she might have done in the past. Her mind was hazy but the arms around her, the smell of forest, and the warmth she felt were unmistakable. She opened her eyes slowly half expecting him to be looking b...
It was a late morning in May and I was seated in the sun in the front window of my favorite coffee shop in Portsmouth. I was well on my way to solving the daily Sudoku and all was right with the world. As the New England regional sales rep for a number of high end flooring manufacturers, I made my rounds through my territory once a month. I had gotten into...
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...
Ashlasha, the tree of the grand banquet hall. It is the place where anyone may come to feast within its loving trunk or bathe in the sunlight on the canopy treetops. Young or old, impoverished or affluent, everyone climbs its roots to enjoy meals made from nature's wealth. It's where people come to celebrate, and where I go to work. Today, however, the hall...
This is the third part in the series. All you need to know from the first two parts is that Kabir stumbles upon a sex genie with infinite magical powers to fulfil his sexual desires. He transforms the genie into a bombshell brunette that he calls Scarlett and then transfers all her powers to himself. As always, the sex starts pretty quickly and any constru...