There is nothing but sand for miles around. Scattered about the sand dunes are lone cacti, some so tall they look like hands reaching for the heavens. With a quick whack of his machete he takes a limb of a cactus off, picking it up carefully and draining what little precious water it has in it, into his rawhide water sack. He pulls out all the thorns and beg...
Writer's note: this is a sort of prequel to "First Meeting," taking place around a month or so before. There are terms that might be unfamiliar to new readers, so I'll define them here: Arthur is an andyne, which is a person with large bird wings; Rabb is renoige, which is basically a cat-person, and hamans are elf-like people with long pointed ears. * Art...
I was just 18 when I met Brian he was a few years older than me but I thought nothing of it. He was very nice to me and took me to some nice places and introduced me to his friends as his girlfriend and though we hadn't even had sex of any kind at this point I played the part of the loving girlfriend. This went on for about three months when out of the blue...
CHAPTER 1 Newly establishing business security consultant Rivers Mulholland opened the door to his renovated rented office and saw a rat scuttle away. Not an auspicious start but a change after twelve years in the Military Police Corps. The rats he'd dealt with there were two-legged and shifty-eyed if enlisted personnel, steady-eyed if they held officer ran...
Eighty-six. That was the number of people killed during the most recent of raids that the country of Calmeria had endured. The enemy was crafty and had managed to avoid the country's troops as they hunted for the killers. These enemies were goblins. Standinging only half the height of an average human male, they were cunning and deadly fighters. Although cow...
Bobby lounged casually against the wall near a café in the mall. School had finished for the year, and he was enjoying a break before starting college. So he was indulging in his favourite pastime -- girl watching. And there were plenty of pretty girls for him to watch. Bobby had turned eighteen a few months ago, but he was yet to have his first sexual expe...
Elle sat as if paralyzed for a moment as the shock of the moment seeped into her. She could see it clearly. The emotional upsets between Donovan and her revolved around reality, misunderstanding and faulty assumptions and basically that amounted to failure to seek clarity on matters relating to their personal relationship. They were both responsible for t...
Slightly abrasive young American attorney Montana Reynolds on a year-long posting to the Australian rural town of Red Ridge, was invited into the office of Reginald Day, managing partner of Red Ridge Law for morning coffee. "Well Montana, your first few weeks with us have run pretty smoothly with no real fuck-ups." She was becoming used to the direct way o...
Back to School 3: The Frustrated Student Sarah Stevens stood in the gymnasium of Westville High as her last class of the day was commencing. The students were filing in from the locker rooms and joining her in the gymnasium where they would spend an educational 40 minutes learning the arts of dodgeball. Sarah was now the teacher for both the girls’ and boy...
Bill Collier sat at his breakfast table that Sunday morning in a cheerful mood. The storm that had passed through the night before had finally cut through the wilting humidity that they'd been experiencing and made the weather that morning very pleasant. He was also still feeling very satisfied from the previous night's exertions in bed with Trudy. Ever sin...