I got on the intercom and told my wife, Lis that Robert Magubee would be coming by for a quick visit before heading back to Nigeria. He represented our largest customer so if Robert decided he wanted to make a quick social call then we were more than happy to accommodate him. He was the newly named oil minister for Nigeria. Although new to his post we had kn...
Copyright Issues: Nonprofit fiction. Bard's Song around the end is based off Bertold Brecht's poem "To our Posterity." Intro: The world of Dunia is similar to ours, where men and monsters evolved in similar forms, and lived side-by side with many continents and countries. The Continent of Ermor has two empires locked in a war for supremacy: Human Holy-Les...
I am grateful to ErikThread, my fellow Viking, for his insightful and helpful editing. It took me a few tries before I caught on, but I hope you think the result is worth it. Any errors are obviously attributable to me exclusively. * Chapter 10: I stayed at Dana's place and it was a night to remember. I woke up sometime in the middle of the night to disco...
Hello again, To answer a few of the comments from the previous chapters I know this is probably not what you wanted between Aarik and Liam but I do have a plan for how this will play out. I do love reading your comments and it's really interesting to see what parts of the story people reacts to so please keep that up if you have anything to say. A big than...
She was sitting in the ESU library, with a stack of imposing-looking reference books on the table, and a faint frown on her face as she typed a few notes into an expensive-looking laptop. She wasn't wearing any makeup -- not that her perfect skin actually needed any -- and her hair was pulled severely back from her face and gathered in a single flowing sabl...
It was hot. Not the sticky and muggy heat people would complain about during a backyard barbecue when Earth was still around. No, this heat was dry and deadly. My suit read off 55 degrees centigrade as the outside temperature. I was born and trained on the Earth Systems research station that used to orbit Mars. Keywords being 'used to'. The top secret milit...
"Lunch with the berg," Dylan gave a low whistle as Gwyneth finally plopped herself down at her desk. "Someone's becoming the new teacher's pet." She felt a little flustered when he said that, but she kept her cool and refused to let the comment weigh down on the endorphin rush she was currently experiencing. Lunch had been delightful and completely unexpect...
The plane carrying Alex Morton touched down in Capitol City just after 9pm. He was on the plane only because his sister had sent him the ticket. Actually people didn't send tickets to each other, they purchased them on line. Then they mysteriously ended up at the ticket counter of the airline. After that Alex just showed his driver's license to get a boardin...
This post is starting the second book. I figured it would be easier just to keep the same numbering scheme so there's no confusion to reading order for late comers that read the story. Chapter One It'd just been a couple of weeks since Ted Stedman's death. So far Ted hadn't noticed much of a difference. Really, none at all. Whatever breakthroughs Trudy an...
At seven pm, Sharon opened the door to Tom and Ashleigh. Just behind them, coming up the walk where Dave and Diane. The women were barely dressed with see-through blouses and short skirts while the men were dressed in slacks and t-shirts. All of them wore shoes and socks so the clothing count was even, since the women hadn't worn bras. Hugs and kisses were...