The early morning air was crisp as the light breeze whistled gently through the pine forests adjacent to the hotel with an eerie whine. The forest floor was carpeted with a thick layer of soft pine needles and the air scented with the fresh aroma of sweet pine fragrance. Altogether intoxicating. Dressed in our warm coats we stepped out the boundary gate, ha...
Master J, It is strange that after all this time, I will, at last, see you again. Once again, I will kneel before you, seeking your guidance into this strange world. Yet as long as it has been, every second of our last encounter is etched permanently in my mind. Those few moments serve to define who I am underneath the trappings of the this day-to-day exist...
If you want to see where this story is set, Google Maps will find the Waimakariri River at 43°27'33.69"S, 172°23'18.08"E. This is fiction - in real life you have to worry about injury and permanent skin damage. -------------------- A Walk by the Waimakariri ------------- Mason flicked through the rack of clothes. "This will do nicely," he announced. He'...
It was just about the most ludicrous thing that had ever happened to her, Chelly realised. And, if she hadn't felt quite so embarressed, she probably would have laughed. As it was, she was only dimly aware of the humerous aspect of her situation, being mostly concerned with the chill wind that had blown her skirt up over her knickers. How she had come to be...
As I watched my own bleeding, bisected body, my eyes slowly flickered then closed. After I could no longer hold my eyes open, my brain started to fade. Then there was nothing at all. Then I felt my mind slowly fade back in, and I began to feel my limbs, and then I felt intense pain everywhere, then my nose started working, and I smelled the smoke of sulfur a...
The first of five stories written to please Phoenix, who awoke me to love, and to life. I had not known the meaning of either until we found each other.... what will I do without her? Read. Please... I wish these stories to live in your minds, so our love will never fade. ------------------------------------------------- My Phoenix. Magnificent. Tall, e...
I awake to the loud, but innocent chirping of birds, leaves and tree limbs rustling in correspondence of their antics, somewhere far above. I open my eyes. The lush greens of the treetops, bright pale sunlight seeping through the canopy lay hovering above me. For several moments, I lay in a somnolent daze, glaring up at the world above, until my mind f...
Venice 1754, the evening of Carnival. When Venetians gather in Piazza San Marco in masks. A night when torches blaze, their light dancing along the walls illuminating brilliant costumes below. In an apartment overlooking the Piazza, a beautiful young duchess is making a final touch, placing two black feathers on her silver and purple mask. Completing her dis...
"Wives, submit to your husbands, as unto the Lord," Ephesians 5:22, The Holy Bible. "The wife should submit herself graciously to the servant leadership of her husband," Southern Baptist resolution. "I'm the only one who can make decisions," Giancarlo Giannini as Gennarino Carunchio in Swept Away. Few questions arouse more hackles than that of whether wom...
It's been a long time! I can only offer my sincerest apologies to you all for not continuing with my previous series. A lot has happened in my personal life which for a very long time had taken me away from this site. And from writing what I enjoy. However this period of absence has given me more ideas on what I want to do next. Hopefully you all can forgive...