(This story has nagged at me for close to a year now and it finally got to the point that I had to put it out there. I don't write in the Sci-Fi & Fantasy category yet here I am doing just that, so for all those that read this story please be gentle with me.) Throughout history the name Jonah has always been associated with bad luck and to be honest up un...
Chapter 03 The cubs find their own mates Author's note -- This is a work of pure fiction. There is no connection to any real people or places. Any resemblance to real life people, events, or someone else's writings is coincidental. It is for entertainment only and is not to be reproduced without written consent. This story contains a non-human interactio...
After a lifetime's work, and so many sacrifices, Ember had finally attained her goal. She stood at the heart of the dormant volcano, Mount Nazzad, on a black stone platform suspended by enormous chains above bubbling magma. Before her glimmered a very large ruby on a pedestal. Within it, she knew, slumbered the immense power of Zad the Stoker of Passions, se...
"Let's go to Sabino Canyon and fuck," Vicky said. She was sitting on the sofa, legs crossed, sipping some iced tea. "To celebrate Earth Day." It was March, hot already in Tucson, mid-80s. Vicky sat there in shorts, her tanned legs smooth as marble, looking at Tommy with a raised eyebrow. "It's closed," Tommy replied. He was fixing some lunch. Salads with g...
Mount Everest, Earth The highest mountain in the World lay quietly within the ranges of the Himalayas. The clouds themselves bowed to its size and hid the top of the mountain. Only a few had ever managed to conquer this mountain. Hundreds had died trying to reach this peak. But the mountain rarely revealed its secrets. Again, and again the bodies of expediti...
The noisy festivities that had continued through the day were well over when Glade eventually returned to her tepee. The village was now silent apart from the muffled snores of the Reindeer Herders asleep in the chill open air and the occasional howl or bark from distant nocturnal beasts. Ivory stirred as Glade rustled about. Her bleary eyes fixed on her lov...
“The ancient town of Arpeggio lies at the base of Mt. Zabanya. Legend has it that a thousand years ago, Arpeggio was being attacked by a group of bandits. The villagers took whatever they could and tried to escape up the mountain to escape the marauders. The bandits chased the villagers up the mountain and so the villagers were desperate to climb the mountai...
Her family, her friends, her colleagues, her neighbors... It seemed that everyone kept telling her that she was crazy, that a woman hiking alone in the middle of nowhere was just far too dangerous, that eventually she would be mauled by a bear or be raped by some guy she met on the trail or murdered by a serial killer in hiding. Yet, despite these and many...
Pam Berry, like her three older brothers, all star basketball players, was one of the tallest students attending Eufaula High School, Eufaula, Alabama. She too was a star basketball player. That was all that was good about her school social life. Being taller, at 6' 2", than most of the boys guaranteed that she was not invited to the dances, or parties. Not...
Since the world did not come to an end like my wife worried might happen since our first story appeared, Melinda thought it might be a good idea to write about some of our other adventures, especially while camping. We have been avid campers since the early 80's. We always camped in a pop-up camper during those times and anyone familiar with this type of ca...