Mixed Blessings Ch. 5 By Deathlynx This is the fifth chapter in a series. Although it can be read on it’s own, parts of the story may make more sense when read in order. Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoy. Alicia didn’t understand. “What the hell was that? I know your other-sight can see things that I can’t but it looked like you were fighting...
I have heard some people say that being a firefighter is long stretches of boredom with short intervals of extreme terror. I guess that can be true of other jobs as well. I don't know if I agree with that or not. My name is Barry, I fight fires. I love my job. As of the start of my story I have been doing it for 7 years, and never wanted to do anything else...
Thousands of miles away Alex sits on his patio, the sun beginning to rise, his anxiousness for Daphne coming to visit kept him from getting a decent night's sleep. Watching his city wake up, he wondered what his lady love was doing. Sleeping? Awake and as nervous as he is? He just longed to finally see her, finally hold her in his arms. Finally, Daphne retu...
Sunday, June 3, 2012 6:35 PM 1 mile south of Mogollon Rim Rd. Arizona The warm sun hung low in the late afternoon sky. And the forest was becoming less dense with each passing mile, a sign that they were on the fringes of the woods. Amber estimated it was about an hour until sunset and it soon would be a dark moonless night. It was apparent to Amber tha...
Cat was showering with Des and Ken so I put the kettle on to make us all a morning mug of tea. They all sat down, looking forward to a day of unwinding from the stress of business activity, in holiday mode at last. Unlike me, Des enjoyed letting his concentration wander when on holiday. I vowed not to spoil that for him today by trying to discuss any money m...
Part 7 of a series. Please take the time to read 1-6. Ali had just returned home to her family's Minnesota dairy farm for the summer after her first year of college at the U of M. Her father was not sure if he liked all the changes in the way she dressed, the piercings and that strange horse head tattoo that she had on her thigh. He knew something had hap...
Calling Mona home under the pretense that Danja needed her was a crappy thing to do, but Moe reasoned he had good grounds. Still, Mona was furious. The kind of gut-wrenching angry that starts in your labonza and cuts right through to your scalp. He figured he would pour on the charm later and try to get Mona to forgive him. His chances of succeeding were pro...
Immortality had its disadvantages, but it was important not to dwell on them. After all, with infinite time on his hands, a downward spiral into depression could get very dangerous indeed. Zeus, more than anyone had reason to understand that. After all, he'd been the central deity of not one, but two of the most powerful cultures ever to grace the planet. Fo...
The sun pierced the far horizon of the ocean and began to shine on the grey cement walls and floor of the balcony they had fallen sleep on. Bill was flat on his back on the floor and Valerie had cuddled up beside him. They still remained naked and covered in each others bodily fluids. The sun slowly roused them from their deep slumber as it began to pierce...
Chapter 1: The First Time I was 18 years young in the summer of 1988. I lived in an average Midwestern town with my father. I had just finished my junior year of high school and was enjoying the freedom that summer brings to a young single male. My father owned a small but lucrative business in town. I worked there part time growing up and usually spent t...