Lori, dressed in black except for her red skirt and that pink streak in her hair, was the one who had dared them to come visit this place after school on Halloween. Samantha, bright in her blondeness and her white coat, was game. Beth and Tameika, on the other hand, didn't like it. It was cold and eerie and getting dark too soon. The house looked old and...
Born in the darkness that is the underworld, taught to behave as a helper to those who expedite death, I wonder what it will be like to be here for centuries more, even though nearly one has passed, and I have not aged past my 21st birthday. My name is Kalliope. I work for my lord Iacchus, ruler of the shadows, who just happens to be my father. I help my men...
The true story goes something like this: I am a lawyer, he is my client. He is in prison and I go to see him. We sit across a small table; the seats remind me of preschool and we are far too large to take up such a small space. I have to ask a guard if I can hug him. The guard, disgusted, says, "Yes, if you'd want to." I am wearing a suit that covers up...
Chapter 5B: His life... It's so cold... The water is freezing... No wait, it doesn't feel like water... It doesn't even really feel cold, more like it's... Marc coughed, his body reacting to his last conscious thought of the water flooding into his lungs and his eyes snapped open the next moment. A blinding light burned into them causing him to turn...
Author's Note: Hi, all! It's been a few years since I posted "An Ill-Advised Kiss," for which I received a lot of kind and helpful feedback. Thank you for that, Literotica community! It was a fun exercise for me and I told myself I should try it again. And time passed. And then more time. Life has a way of intruding on fun sometimes. But I digress. As with...
I awoke with a start, jumping up into a sitting position. I at first didn't realize where I was, and quickly looked around. I was in a decent sized room, with one other bed in the room. After a second, I remembered that I was in Italy. Recognizing where I was only led me to freak out about what had happened the previous night. Looking down led me to initia...
I was driving to work when the first chords came drifting out of the car radio like a lullaby. And then Cass Elliot's haunting voice followed, singing the words I knew so well. Stars shining bright above you Night breezes seem to whisper, I love you Birds singing in the sycamore tree Dream a little dream of me My wife never knew why the song made me cr...
*** All characters are 18 or older *** ***** Chapter 1: Chili's "Would you like coffee and dessert, or just the check?" asked the tattooed Chili's waitress of the two women sitting across from each other in the booth. "I'll have the molten chocolate lava cake," said Mary. "No dessert for me," said Bonnie while rubbing the small roll over her beltline, "...
3: Wednesday Kim had heard someone say once that there was a trick to keeping your stomach from realizing you were starving; it involved copious amounts of water and bread. She was beginning to think they might have been on to something. It hadn't helped the throbbing headache and shaking from low blood sugar, but at least she wasn't ready to tear someone'...
Snow is holy. It falls on the streets and the cars. It softens and obscures the hard edges of the buildings and falls on the shoppers hurrying about their business. It muffles the sounds of the traffic and slowly builds up in white mounds on the windowsills and fire escapes, covering everything with pure, soft white. Each flake is a jewel, perfect in its o...