Utopia. It had been so long. Had it really been a paradise? In hindsight—which this seemed like—it didn't taste that way. Still too much fear, too much uncertainty. Only instead of worrying about the outside world, they were worried about the inner circle. You never could make people feel safe. "We're floating," Scott said, looking over his surrounding...
Madison slowly regained consciousness. She gently shook herself to check if she was hurt – no pain anywhere except her head, which felt as though she was waking up from a night of heavy drinking. Yet she had only had a few drinks, not nearly enough to produce anything resembling a hangover. As she became more and more aware of herself she realized 3 things i...
Once again Marianna found herself alone upon waking. However, it was with the full knowledge of one who had been fully sated the night before. A tiny smile graced her lips as she stretched luxuriously and welcomed the day. Her body ached, but it was with a sense of well-being. Suddenly, she realized what had caused her to surface from the delicious dreams sh...
Arc Deco 3 - Conceal Me What I Am Copyright© 2010 by Stultus Synopsis: The worst part about being apparently a very minor magician is that no one takes you seriously, until it's once again time to save the world and it's all up to you once again! Sex contents: Almost no Sex Genre: Speculative Alternative Historical Fiction Codes: MF, Magic, Supernatural...
Prologue It was the year 30,951 AD. Mankind has reached beyond the boundaries of the earth with over thousands of worlds under their sovereignty. Under the Earth's rule was the Kingdom of Earth ruled by the near-omnipotent Lykeon Family whose influence rivals even the Coalition of Worlds and even the almighty Alfarian Empire. A thousand years ago, before t...
The economic meltdown of 2015 hit Roger particularly hard. He had been a fairly successful mortgage broker in Houston before the crash. It seemed like the steep rise in health insurance premiums hastened the death of the forty hour work week which in turn hastened an irreversible decline in the number of prospective buyers applying for mortgages. If that was...
Chapter 4: From The Sublime To The Ridiculous Dec 22, 3:06 AM- REM (Dream) sleep ... Large gentle female hands encased in buttery soft melted on black leather reach down for me from way high up. My bed tilts just perceptively as these gloves begin to perform their mission. As I lie on my back in a prone position, one glove snakes under and supports my n...
The next morning, a briefcase was delivered by courier to my door. According to the attached letter, there was an arrangement for the drug testing representatives to look the other way on some medium-level boosters. Nothing too extreme, and not the terrifyingly side effect-ridden growth drugs, but still new territory to me and definitely not anything I had e...
copyright Nora Quick 2012. As always, I welcome comments and feedback! _________________________________ He was a shock to my system. Stellan Kellner was the man I'd been charged to find and help me navigate my way through a dangerous world, a mentor of knowledge even if he was to be a possible opponent in a battle to the death. We were fighting to save...
Katie stood in front of her son's closed bedroom door. She had just come from her morning run and she was dressed in running shorts and a t-shirt over a sports bra. It was a typical outfit that she would wear for a workout, but this morning she felt naked in it. She had been standing in the hallway for a while now with the knuckle of her right middle finge...