Chapter 3 - Meeting John When she woke up, it took Jane a couple of moments to figure out where she was. She was lying on a strange bed, sunlight flooding into an unfamiliar bedroom with a warm body lying next to her. Her head was throbbing with pain and she felt the need to go find a water faucet and drink it dry. Everything hit her with the intensity an...
What drives a person to suicide? What motivates a person to take that final journey into the Dark place? Can people become so increasingly trapped in their negative interpretations of life's misfortunes, that they back themselves into a place where suicide becomes the best solution to their pain? Many people think about taking their own lives in a desperate...
JUAN CARLOS "The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun." ― R. Buckminster Fuller "Put the gloves on," Juan Carlos whispered, as he unbuttoned a shirt six sizes too small, exposing more hair than the clogged drain at a dog washing kennel. "I don't wanna put the fuckin' gloves on," I thought to myself. "It's bad enough my cock has seen the inside...
Shannon was an officer of the Intergalactic policing agency, charged with maintaining the peace across the cosmos. She took her job very seriously, and was very young to reach detective. Being a woman also made her have to push harder then most. Though the human race had advanced far sexism had been hard to drive out, and still existed in male dominated fiel...
Author's Note: This post is a bit unusual for this series. Not only does it have no sex – but it has two chapters for the price of one! The reason for this is that Chapter Four is relatively short and introduces the first glimpse of the villains of this story. Well, the villains beyond an unknown virus! And such, views that are not shared by the author of...
Bank Hold Up, Ch. 1 It seemed to happen all at once. One minute it was a perfectly normal day, and the next two men pulled out guns to rob the bank. The two things that immediately came to Doug's mind was "What the hell is going on?" and "Why me?" The bank customers were herded into the manager's office and made to lie down on the floor. It was a little c...
Tracey and Buttercup hurriedly jumped up: Tracey pulling on her blouse and checking that she still had her bag with her precious passport inside. One thing was sure, a noise like that did not bode well. Buttercup gathered herself together more quickly than her lover, but nothing could disguise the look of real alarm on her face. “What the fuck do we do?” as...
Brenda took another pull from her wine cooler, emptying it completely as the sun slipped lower towards the horizon, just beginning to paint the sky with an orangish glow over the ocean. It was her sixth, and she was beginning to feel next to no pain at all. Dan pulled another from the toss-away cooler beside them and twisted the top before handing it to her...
Leslie Chang sold a final batch of berries to a customer before taking down her tent stand. The other merchants in the city of Norvar did the same thing as the sun was slowly setting in the sky. After loading her supplies onto a wagon, she climbed into the cab and grabbed the reins, whipping the horses into action. As the wagon picked up speed, she waved goo...
Prologue: Moby's Dick He called me Ishmael. Well, truth be told, what the old codger said was, "ish my Elle here?" Which is not nearly as strong an opening line. I should know, I am the world's most well-read strip club bouncer. When it comes to openings, I've seen 'em all, except the dancers', because at Bam Bam's BoomBoom Room Gentleman's Club; they get...