She longed to jump in her monstered-up Jeep and head to the river. She couldn't remember the last time she made the trip through the mud and muck. Tonight is the night she is heading back to one of her favorite spots. She and the Jeep weren't going alone. She smiled. At that moment, her pocket vibrated. She reached into her pocket and took out her cell pho...
It was 1949 in the wilderness of Brazil where I'd been on expedition for many months. My name is Matthew and I'd sought for years a hidden location to a gold deposit in the country that was said to have been stored in caves during the years where settlers and travelers would roam through the country. Though it was mainly just considered a fool's errand, I'd...
Author's note and warning: the following story contains subject matter for mature audiences only. I won't list all the possible "offending topics", I'll just warn you that I don't get offended by much and I tend to forget what things might offend other people. No actual dragons were harmed in the creation of this story. Lissa -- Chapter 1 - Leaving Home...
I am a bit of an art buff. That is, I know the names of a few, important artists and can connect them to their most famous works. My favorites were those guys who painted around the turn of the previous century. Van Gogh, the one who cut off his ear. Lots of those guys had tortured souls, mental afflictions, generally low self-esteem, and a tendency to live...
My feet automatically hit the ground a full second or two before I, Heidi the summoned one, am functionally awake, only peripherally processing the approaching whirring of chopper wings, and a full second or two before my Blackberry blasts annoying code red noise. 140 seconds later I stand fully dressed, backpack secure, primary weapon securely holstered un...
As he hurried over the second floor landing, he heard Trish's murmurs echoing from overhead. Patient beds stuffed with restrained and groaning figures blurred on a heavy pant as he struggled desperately to catch up to the group. Florescent light pulsed in greenish yellow tones that tricked his eyes and deepened the shadows everywhere. Footsteps marched in un...
For the first few years, you did not know anything about anything at all. You lay in darkness, pressed in from all ides. Beneath the cold ground, you were entombed. You did not think, you did not feel. It was as if you did not exist at all. All but for one tiny, glimmering star. A pinprick of light that had once been a burning nova. It resisted the darkness,...
CHAPTER 1: AN ALIEN TONGUE Lena leaned back in her office chair, the back support creaking as she rubbed her eyes with the heels of her hands. It was getting late, she had planned to go back to her apartment hours ago but this last translation almost seemed to be purposefully evading her. Perhaps it would be a better idea to call it a day and take another...
It was a wretched and rainy twilight as she rode with her shoulders slumped miserably along the mud clogged trail leading to Culberry town. The only sounds were the sucking noises of the horse's hooves separating from the muck and the hiss of the downpour. She despised riding in the rain. The way her grey cloak flopped and slapped against her leather clad le...
I find myself waking up again looking at my beautiful Chantal lying beside me and thinking how stupid, but wonderful she is. Over the last few weeks, my friend has become my lover, which was surprising enough for me to handle, even if it was not for what else she had become. She had read, very much to my surprise, a series of stories I had submitted to this...