Part Three - The Knife in the Rock. I was there. When a solitary boy, just breaking man, pulled a knife from a tight rock and found himself king, I was there. I wasn't the only one of course, as one might expect for a coronation. Both fate and conjure meant there was quite the cavalcade of characters, even if some of them were uncertain of their true role...
This is the second chapter of, "A healing touch." You may want to read that story first, but it isn't necessary. I was disoriented when I struggled awake. The sun was high in the sky, and I had been moved out of the tent, and into the sun. A female was in the cot with me. She was sound asleep and had wrapped her arms tightly around me. She seemed to crav...
Angel jumped back to Steve's kitchen, whilst he was else-when sorting out Bruce's problems. She was in a pensive mood for a change, although a genius as were all of the British Aristocracy, she wasn't one for deep self-analysis. This business of Steve and pregnancy had shaken her badly, and despite her words to Alison she felt a sense of loss that her 26t...
"Up the airy mountain, down the rushing glen, We daren't go a-hunting, for fear of little men." -William Allingham, "The Fairies" *** "I want to dance with the hill people at night," Flora said, standing on a chair and looking out the window. Megan looked with her. The summer sun was slipping behind the yew trees on the hill beside the big old house, bu...
Tom stood in the ankle-deep mud and stared in disbelief. The scene he beheld was right out of a post-apocalyptic nightmare. Dark brown mud, streaked with black from the fires further up the mountainside stretched up above him on the slope as far as the eye could see. The occasional rooftop or street sign broke the monotonous plain of mud. For the fifth time,...
I Scott couldn't believe his luck! Not only had he finished welding school. The 21-year-old had left Idaho. To be sure, his parents and older brother berated him for "leaving the family," even though Scott had been living in his apartment for some time. His younger brother and younger sister, however, understood Scott's need to move further away. "Hey!" Fe...
Valerie dashed out of the foyer as soon as the words "hot tub" had passed through Tony's lips. She was out the sliding glass door and onto the rear patio before he'd even realized she was gone. It was cool out on the patio, but the night had actually warmed up since the drive. Like the rest of the house, the rear terrace was built in imitation-mediterranea...
A story written in a kind of "she thought and did/he thought and did" fashion... alternating paragraphs. It starts slow but builds... hope you like it. The story... ***** He's my best friend and has been since we were kids. He used to fix my bike and I'd help him deliver papers in the mornings. We went all the way through school and are still best friends...
Author's Note: The sex in this story involves older people or an older woman with a younger man, but I think it's best in science-fiction/fantasy based on the fantasy setting and theme. * * * * * * * * * "Nothing. After months of promises." "It's just the bequest letter that was revoked—the house and the stipend attached to it. You may keep any other gif...
Tessia and Michael had met awhile back at various gatherings hosted by mutual friends. They had talked some and as time went on they found themselves gravitating towards each other, spending more and more time together finding mutual interests and curiosities, always lightly flirting. Today they spent a morning in the outdoors, in the good air, having fun, e...