It's a peaceful Monday morning in the sleepy town of Nightfall, Missouri. The light shines in through the window, waking you up. You sluggishly get out of bed and stretch out your body, hearing some pops and cracks as you do. You drag yourself over to your mirror. Looking back at you is a tired guy with blue eyes. You groan and run a hand through your messy,...
Chapter 6 -- The Day of the Dead In the middle of September there was another indication that Kim was becoming more settled in her new life in Danube City. She sat at the table of Sergekt's mother for the first time. Danubian social protocol mandated that any social contact between a young man and a young woman had to be preceded by the young man sitting at...
Tacitus Salutem The background for this story is the Batavian Revolt in the year 69, as mentioned by Tacitus. It was rumored that the Batavian leader, Claudius Civilis had a personal reason as well as the anger of his people to stand up to the Romans. A7inchPhildo helped with the Latin and HawaiiBill took care of the editing. Noviomagus, Dies Mercurii xv M...
Emma caught her reflection in the store window as she passed. Tall and curvy, she looked like an Amazon gone gypsy. At least that was her impression of herself. She stopped for a moment and surveyed the image staring back at her. Tall, she stood a little over five ten in her bare feet. Her flat sandals kept her there now. Like many Washington natives, her sk...
Lathandriel Starheart was a man every bit as ridiculous as his name. Born of mixed human and elven parentage, he had seemingly received the strongest traits of each; from his elven mother came his grace, beauty and resistance to the ravages of time; from his human father - now deceased - came strength of body and spirit. From both, it appeared, he had recei...
Chapter 4 Simon Ian was out on the front porch of the small cabin, three days later, when Simon arrived. It was a typical day for mid September, the sunshine was warm but the breeze had a definite chill. Even though he wasn't much affected by the cold he could still feel it. Ian watched Simon unfold himself from his car and he grinned. For someone that had...
The elf king Savawisda's surprise attack on the army of goblins marching through the elf wood was executed with perfection. With the able assistance of the horde of human barbarians from the north, the two allied forces almost completely decimated the goblins. If it had not been the untimely appearance of the mountain trolls coming to the aid of the goblins...
Sergeant Jim My name Is Jim. I'm married to Meagan and have been for a few years now. We have been lucky in that I pull a hardship tour (Unaccompanied by dependents) only every few years. They are interspersed with stateside assignments; almost always at the Fort closest to my permanent residence. I've had some accompanied tours in usually nice places, the...
The Skorlin mountains are ruled by the 7 northern clans. These mighty warriors descend from the mountains every year to ravage the southern kingdoms. Each spring, the clans gather for a great Moot. At the Moot, rivalries are set aside and each clan sends forth its most promising youth. Together, these youths form a raiding band known as Odin's Spear, and go...
ONE The first thing Spark became aware of as she came to was something lightly touching between her legs. Sluggishly, she fought to consciousness, intending to shove whatever was doing that away. However, she couldn't seem to get her arms forward. She tugged, but something was keeping her bound. Her eyes fluttered open and it took a moment for her gaze to f...