I apologize for the delays. Real life has been catching up to me lately. This is the basic story that Rachel is going to be telling to the mages in The Water Nymph. I haven't decided whether I should write it up as her actual story to the guys, or just leave it like this and move on with the story. Please comment with your preference. ***** Once upon a tim...
One summer, I had the best job a young man can have, I was a bartender at a a resort in the tropics that my Uncle Mike owns. Uncle Mike couldn't pick me out of a police lineup, and his kids run the place, but family is family. They were at least eight years older than me, and we had never been close. I was 19, after my first year of college, and getting desp...
They departed at sunrise, and didn't arrive at Reardon's camp until dark. The enormity of the camp was far more impressive than Jason had envisioned, and the camp's amenities were equally impressive. They had running water, electricity, and an ample amount of food. There must have been more than three hundred people living in that camp, Jason figured, includ...
Steve was nineteen, still living at home, and working in the construction industry. He was doing odd jobs with a view to learning a trade in the longer term. He happened to get work on a new house under construction within walking distance of his home so, instead of taking sandwiches, he returned to the house every day for lunch. He got back to the house on...
Lord Marin's party crept silently through the empty field. The Elf King had sent them to visit the Queen of the tigers to ask for her help. His biggest task was evading the enemy army. He squinted his pale blue eye to help him see and strained his pointed ears to help him hear if anyone was coming. Suddenly he heard something move. He turned to the rest of...
My name is Stephen McCain, formerly Alex Shay, and I'm a tall and lean young black man living in the city of Plymouth, Massachusetts. These days, I'm a student-athlete at Saint Meredith College, a small private school located in the heart of Plymouth. These days, I'm finally doing alright. I've escaped from the clutches of my evil family. Black American fami...
This is the central hub for a collection of one-shots and branches set in a single fictional world, Autumn. These tales can be read in effectively any order, and require no introduction. If you want to leap right in, go ahead. Otherwise, a short primer is printed below. Table of Contents I - (Male God) walking out of the endless wilderness. I - A (very botto...
Lyra yawned as the fire flickered mesmerizingly in front of them. She pulled the loose fur coat around her more tightly, staving away the chilly moisture of the cave. The mysterious man sipped gently on his hot water. "Where are you from, miss? You don't look like the kind of person to be wandering the Badlands on your own." Lyra shifted around uncomfortab...
With the abrupt departure of the dragon lady from my life, I entered a sexual desert. Mrs. Nguyen was an older woman but she undeniably had some talent. I was always bothered by her "businesslike" approach, however. I wanted to get involved with a Vietnamese woman but develop something deeper than a business arrangement. I wanted a relationship at all levels...
In 2008, a deadly virus was unleashed upon the unsuspecting denizens of the planet Earth. It was supposed to cure men and women of all genetically derived deviant tendencies. This cure was the invention of prominent feminist and world-renowned anthropologist and behaviorist Dr. Alexandra Madison. A genius and quite possibly the most famous graduate of MIT in...