My husband had called and said he would be working later then he had anticipated, and asked me not to wait up for him. I decided to take an early shower then lie in bed and read until he came home. He must have planned this little deception and waited until he heard the shower turn on before coming into our apartment. He liked to catch me unawares and watch...
Cynthia Finds A Lover Cynthia Sotero's father had always been overprotective of her. Ever since she could remember, her father had kept a watchful eye over how she dressed. The caring man was overly concerned with whom Cynthia spoke to and whom she hung out with. At first, the young woman supposed that a lot of his worries had to do with the way her mother...
"Calling all Goblins." It was a cheerful, deep-toned voice, and Laurie turned her attention away from the chore of trying to find the ripest melon on the stack in the produce bins to taking a straight shot look down the cereal aisle. There a good-looking young man was gathering in three racing young boys, ranging, it appeared, from the age of three up to fi...
Miss Feri walked into the classroom with her usual chipper smile. As always the teacher wore her white lab coat, and kept her wild mane of brunette hair in a fluffy pony tail. The young woman had also taken to floating when she walked, adding a couple feet of height to her short, slim stature. While she could handle the student body thinking she was eccentri...
I hated Halloween with a passion. It was such an overdone holiday and every year the candies and decorations arrived on door shelves earlier and earlier. This year I was in the local Target at the end of August and there was the display of orange and black crap. It's ridiculous. What I hate the most, of course, is that what is supposed to be a fun evening f...
Not every second-hand bookshop has its 'gods and goddesses' section located in a dungeon with live, 24/7, Sub-Dom/S&M entertainment. And, not every second-hand bookshop requires you to strip to your underwear to enter one of its sections through a concealed door disguised as a bookshelf. Factotum Rarities & Antiquities intrigued me from the moment I first...
The problem with beanstalk travel was that you were never totally sure which area you were going to land. Of course, the advantage was that it got you everywhere faster. The majority of the magical world's portals were in Faerie, and the one way for a mortal to break in was via beanstalk. She'd always considered safety over-rated anyway. Ren paused for...
Umiko sensed her friend coming from several miles away. She didn't let that interrupt her lecture, however, keeping a cool, pleasant smile as she addressed the thousand people who had come to listen to her presentation. Umiko's seminar on the history of Sex Magic and its proper use in society was a popular one. Everyone sought the wisdom of the Professor wh...
Kat could barely keep her beautiful, light blue eyes open during Mr. Furgeson's English class. She could have cared less about the historical significance of Huckleberry Finn or what the fish represents in The Old Man and The Sea. More importantly she was eighteen and in serious need of some shut-eye. "Excuse me Ms. Alser, but if I catch you sleeping once...
Cosmina, Alexandria and Daniela looked forward to Saturday afternoon each week. All sisters, born just a year apart, they had always been close and growing up in a traditional Romanian family also meant that family ties were very strong, and they were true to their roots. All throughout school, Cosmina, the oldest always looked out for her younger sisters, a...