Casius cleaned his blade upon the grass and turned to face the well-rounded taut behind of the woman in the stocks. He had to this point, never witnessed a woman in such a position, nor had he seen such debasement of a human being by a demon. Usually they were far too simple a creature to devise such tortures. He walked around to the front of the pillory an...
It was still early and Casius needed to take Mathius out for his exercise. So, he put on his britches and boots, a loose-fitting samite shirt of ultra-marine blue and buckled his sword to his waist. He then strode down to the stables, pleased to be in the chill morning air. His stable hand, ever aware of his master's needs had already saddled the great warho...
Trapper is my best friend. After the death of my wife two years ago I was disconsolate and needed to find a new direction in life. I had tried joining clubs, taking lessons and all the other usual ways of meeting people and socialising. But I missed my wife and could not get over the loss. You see she was beautiful, a classic English rose. Pear shaped and...
"Hey Vickie!" I call out to the brunette girl next to the treadmill. My friend Vickie turns around, and greets me with a smile and a wave. We've been going to the gym together for about a year, and her support is what got me to exercise on a regular basis. "Hey Casey!" she chirps when I reached her, and we start on our workout. We get caught up chatting, an...
CHAPTER 1 - ORIENTATION Tamsin woke up lazily. For a few moments she could not actually remember where she was. Her surroundings were unfamiliar and she vaguely remembered she was not in her own house. She leaned up on one elbow and scanned the room. It was a nice clean bedroom, painted in white. The matrass felt quite new and the sheets and covers were mi...
1 Watching a livestream of Sukhumvit Road, Na knew she'd feel like a fish out of water... Bangkok... The lights, the traffic, the faces, streets brimming, floods of activity... One single city block had more people in its radius than Na had ever seen in her entire life, coming from a small rice farming village in Nowhere, Nakhon Phanom... Bangkok, Krung...
I walk out of the Dollar General when it is late at night. It is a new moon, so it is complete dark on the side street where I parked. I put the groceries in the back of my car without a care in the world. When I walk around to get in my car, a strong man grabs me from behind and puts a rag with a substance, I assume is chloroform, over my face until I pass...
The coral reef lay in wait inches below the graying water's surface, a secret to the Captain as his vessel cut across the swells. Frightened by the growing shape above, iridescent choirs of tiny fish scattered for shelter as the wooden hull advanced. The chart spread out on the cabin deck was old, maybe older than the coral. Centuries earlier, a leaded lin...
Would today be the day? Saturday morning was cool and crisp, and the woods were full of sweet, late-summer smells, and bright sun shimmered off the dew that decorated every living thing. She walked ahead of me, her movement hinting of beauty concealed in loose-fitting flannel shirt and baggy slacks. Tomorrow would mark four weeks since I had agreed to be c...
It was a typical Sunday afternoon as she shopped at her favorite produce market, perusing the aisles for her favorite fresh fruits and vegetables, quickly scanning her hungry, blue eyes over the many rows of healthy delights for some occasional exotic fruit the store owner provided. Charlotte was in fine physical condition for a woman of forty-five years and...