The US had been struggling for a while, with slower economic growth, declining birth rates, increased political and cultural tensions, and fear of environmental collapse. However, in 2031, a popular senator from Texas by the name of Ryan Shaye had announced his run. His campaign began in earnest, appealing to multiple sets of voters at once. He appealed to y...
"I guess this is my retirement party," I laughed, understanding the extremity of my statement. "I had no idea at the age of 34 that my complete lack of motivation would allow me to enjoy life at this level," I'd finish. Each interview was a thorn in my side I needed to remove to get through the evening. My contract was simple and Van Hoy wanted the press to...
Author's note: Before Gal Gadot finally secured the big screen role of Wonder Woman, a number of names were bantered about as a possibility to portray the Amazon. Here's a "What if" story set in 2009, concerning one of those possibilities, a young American soap actress by the name of Nadia Bjorlin. Also, all participants in sexual activities are at least eig...
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Copyright (c) 2015 Naoko Smith Thank you for feedback and votes. Arianna stood quite still in the doorway of the library. Clair was sitting at her desk where her papers on her mathematical theorem were all spread so carefully, pinned into place. Beside him stood a tall fair Sietter man, lean and handsome – the Hanya Vashin type, but so young. The young...
"Truth is everybody is going to hurt you: you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for." - Bob Marley Note: This is a small add-on to finish up Part 3. Working on part 4 and hope to have it up soon. * Cheryl went thru Dan's door and left it open before she sat down his bed. Dan turned away in his chair from the computer and smiled, "Good morning Chery...
I deleted this a while ago. Was a bit frightened. Now I'm putting it back up with some changes. This is (likely) a three part series of stories. ***** The year 2016 was an extraordinary year. It was a year of chaos and confusion. Fear and fervour were the emotions of the time. Bombastic and hardline attitudes became the norm of politicians. Common people...
This is a little throwback piece for me. It was an assignment by my creative writing professor to write our own paper modeled after 'The Peter Principle.' I wrote it in 1971 while riding the subway to the college. I never considered myself much of a writer (still don't, really) but this teacher's encouragement changed my perspective. Up to this point, I was...
Brad was enjoying his little break from reality that night. He and Khaled played some pool and threw money into the jukebox to hear songs they could have heard on the radio for free. The alcohol had thinned out his blood and acted like an analgesic on his body and his mind. In his drunken haze, he found himself stealing longer and more frequent glances at th...
After the wild exotic night of sex at the Pertersons' apartment, the next major event in Erica's life was the birth of her son. She had gone ten days past her due date still awaiting for the onset of labor, and subsequent delivery of her baby. Her doctor then ordered that she be admitted to the hospital on the morning of the eleventh day to be induced into l...