Chapter 11 – Was that bait? "Would you show me the Circle?" The question came from Jenny Harvest. From the tremor in her voice Dave figured she taken at least all-day to work up to the question. "Of course," Dave replied. "If you want, you can follow me home and then leave whenever you want. We do a cocktail hour in the early evening, and then I also inv...
*This is a one-and-done story. If you're interested in "Jacob Howe's Body," then keep an eye on the Novels and Novellas category. It'll turn up there.* ************** "Faith is an island in the setting sun. Proof is the bottom line for everyone." Paul Simon, Proof. ** "They're about to surrender." "I was just going to say that. About to, but not yet. It...
Chapter 31 -- Illinois The plans to stay in Chicago with Chris Reeve and Eva Vega changed. Alice had explained to them in a phone call that there'd been many changes in Circle attendance Things changed further as she started the journey with the others from outside of Madison, Wisconsin. While the Convention of the Circle Fan Club that Chris and Eva had ar...
When a viper had suddenly arrived at the California Computational Agency's back-end division as a bodyguard to its manager, it sent out ripples that reverberated through the whole agency. Who was this Clark Hopper, people asked, and why does he get an alien bodyguard? Was the viper there to keep tabs on them? Was ADVENT choking up on their leash? Was Clark s...
Part 12 — Eruption by Paul Gerard (a pen name) ~ Part 12 of a 12-part tale, laced heavily with lesbian encounters and strange transformations. ~ A word of warning, before you even start reading: A lot of what happens in this story focuses on the rather weird fetish of Breast Expansion (BE) -- from A to D, and occasionally up to and ultimately beyond th...
"You ready to go?" "No. I don't want to go to Dad's this weekend," her daughter said. "You know your dad loves you, right?" "I know. Or at least I know he says he does." "Honey. Listen. Your dad left me, not you. Whatever happened, happened between me and your father. And yes, he does love you." "Then why is he always with her?" "His girlfriend?" her m...
"I'm glad you called, honey. I always enjoy hearing from you, and I'm happy things are going so well. Colorado and married life seem to agree with you." "Thanks, Dad. Same here, and yes, I couldn't be happier with either my husband or where we live. Well, except for being so far away from you, of course. And speaking of enjoying yourself, are you still seei...
It was 7:25, and Carolyn was as nervous as she'd ever been before a date. Just because she didn't have to worry about what to wear, didn't mean that she didn't have to worry about what to wear. In fact, it was worse. She'd spent most of the afternoon preparing. Even as early as this morning she had stripped and freshly repainted her toes and fingernails with...
All the characters depicted in this story are 18 years old or older. * Brad looked questioningly at Andrea. This was a big deal, getting asked back to the boss's for a drink. He looked at his wife with a smile that said...'We should really do this!' "Well honey, what do you say?..." he asked hopefully. "It's so nice of you to ask us! That would be very n...
I have made this trip so many times I probably could have set my truck on autopilot and still made it up here in one piece, but this trip was different. It normally only took me a couple of hours. This time, however, I had to stop, fill my truck up with gas, and shop for a few other items on my way. It wasn't a planned trip. We already had three snowfalls...