*Oghma here. I do apologize that this one took so long, but I think you all understand why my schedule would be thrown out of whack. But here we are, Chapter 5. I'll do my best to try and get these out more regularly under the circumstances. I don't usually do this, but I have to warn you all that this story has gotten even darker. Maybe it's my mood, but th...
I hit the sandbag again. The chain rattles and the reverb runs up my arm to my shoulder. I hit it again, and the same thing happens. I hit it again, a little harder, and I feel my bones start to protest. I hit the sandbag again, harder, and harder and harder. My gloves have been going to hell for a long while and today might finally be the day they give up o...
NORRIX Norrix kept to shadows as much as he could, putting his hood up when he had to walk in the sun. He'd attracted some looks. Even in December and this early in the morning, it was already warm. No one else wore long sleeves and a hood, but no one stopped him. People were more frightened by the bodies being found all over the island, or more accurately,...
"Fay! Hey, Fay!" a soft hand shook her body. "Wake up!" Fay opened her eyes. Again lying on a bed, was it hers this time? The sunlight entered through a large window with balcony. 'Daybreak already?' Fay sat up on the comfy bed. A white blanket was covering her naked body and slipped down her chest when she got up. Noticing that someone was next to her...
Finding Picasso Ch. 09: A talented tongue gets it done —————————- AUTHOR'S NOTE: This is the concluding chapter of "Finding Picasso." If you haven't been keeping up, no problem. Just search for one of the phrases below. They will take you straight to the good stuff: On our last night Violet is waiting ——————————- Perhaps because during the Cold War,...
There were only a few things Lorelei found more annoying than group assignments. She was at the top of her class at the imperial academy of magic and every time the other members of the team would share the credit for the perfect work she did. It was especially annoying when her team was a section of mortal races. As an immortal elf, she had an affinity and...
Chapter Twenty One Iris put her hands on the table and forced herself to meet his eyes squarely. "We met with your 'boys' only recently, Bill; and nothing came of it then." "No it didn't!" he snapped resentfully. "But that was not the fault of my boys; they would have been willing to take it further – if you had only met them half way." The colour came to...
Summoning the Incubus: Daylight Morning broke with a thin red gash of light along the crests of the mountaintops. Owls finally dared to close their eyes, and bats cautiously folded their wings. The night horrors and prowling beasts of the forest abandoned their hunts to drag bloodied carcasses back to their lairs. In the west, a handful of lingering stars...
The doorbell rang again just as I reached it. Whoever it was sure as impatient. Everything from salesmen to faith-spreaders danced through my mind. An ensemble of shit I didn't want to deal with. I had half-considered just pretending not to be home. I braced for the worst as I opened the door but was taken aback at what awaited me. Before me stood a man in...
"Alright kids, just give me one more big smile...there we go!" Tegan smiled down at the laughing kids who were too busy shoveling way too pricey cake into their cute mouths to pay her any attention. It was a slightly overcast day in Central Park and Tegan was on a job. She was supposed to be walking around, snapping pictures for the Westing family; Upper E...