Chapter 8 – Eloisa The weather quickly changed a couple of days after Kim's birthday. Cold rain and sleet constantly bombarded the dreary streets of Danube City, with the promise that there would be no let-up until next spring. The pavement was covered with cold water and the last of the bicyclists were driven off the streets and into the city's trolleys. T...
Adam Stephens was President of Stephens Christian Normal School. He had been a professor for five years, but became President only six months ago, following the death of his father. There were a total of 30 students enrolled to become teachers. More than two-thirds of the students were single women, and the balance were young unmarried men. The ages of the s...
Maria sat at the bar across from the restaurant where she was to meet her friend, Cade. She wasn't to meet him for another hour, but her boss had told her that she could leave early. Since her place was on the opposite side of town she had decided to get a drink while she waited instead of hailing a taxi. Since her roommate, Rina, had cancelled on them a few...
Before I met Master, my life involved very few connections or interactions with other people -- I lived almost completely in my head. I attended college and earned a degree; I worked hard at my chosen profession. I made and kept a small group of very close friends. I even maintained close family ties. But my true self was kept secret -- even from the public,...
I had a professor who always said "if being a college student doesn't give you enough material to write about, you're not paying attention". I remember that because of Dani, who had it written across the front of her notebook in our first year. Dani is the one I think of first, and last, out of all of those years. When I first met her, she had this kinda cut...
Ar'Raq Desert 75 miles from Kafjiya Mountains 1st BCT Battalion Combat Team Major Kalandro Digma Commanding 13 Leopard 2A6EX Main Battle Tanks rolled by the desert of northern Ar'Raq followed by 24 Puma CFVs, 27 Boxer APCs, 6 Fennek Combat Cars armed with 50 caliber machineguns, and 3 Fennek Combat Cars equipped with 80mm mortars. Leading the procession...
A few important points: 1. This is where I justify my name. I have always leaned towards the "capable" end of the spectrum when it came to writing ability, and the "absent" end for inventing original or creative storylines. I just sit and sit and sit, and nothing much ever happens. So I'm hoping that, by just getting into the act of writing regardless, I'...
(This is a continuation of the story, Revisionist History, but it can be read as a stand alone story.) Jimmy Madison had chosen a window seat for his return flight to Baltimore. With his carry-on safely stored in an overhead bin and his seatbelt fastened, Jim had pulled his iPhone from his pocket to switch to airplane mode when the text from his wife Hai...
From The Singetales Diaries * * * * * Dear Mark, Something pretty interesting happened with Kevin and I a while ago that I just have to tell you about. Kevin and I were moving some of our things from a storage locker, and we'd asked a friend to help us. We've known Jay for more than six years and had parties often with him and his wife Robin. Jay's a Inte...
(I hope you enjoy my little fantasy. Do let me know if you do or don't.) Owning a sex toy manufacturing company has its advantages. She got the idea when shopping for clothes. You know those little studs and pins that they stick through the cloth that will set off the alarm if taken out of the shop. The assistant has to put the stud in a special thingy on...