This is a sequel to 'Tonight I Shall Be Called Scarlett' and follows on from an almost throwaway line towards the end of that story in which Luke mentions his father's former mistress. This is the tale of how she comes to him, seeking forgiveness and redemption. It can be read standalone but TISBCS will give Luke's back story in more detail. All characte...
When you're the height of the average Ewok, and gettin' laid more than Home Depot linoleum, you don't ask questions. Kinkier than an aged garden hose, she was primed for dong like a virgin on her wedding night. Unfortunately, my trustworthy, metallic mare gravitated towards a pothole I'd passed, sans incident, thousands of time prior. The online classified...
"I'm not like you!" Faith shoved out her last meager defense at Angelus. It hurt just to speak; he had nearly killed her three times. Why wouldn't he let it end? She was barely holding her own, let alone defeating him. Angelus simply smirked and jerked the raven haired Slayer into his arms. His fanged mouth sought her own, and his kiss was unexpected and...
Chapter Four Lena had never been to the Earth realm, having been unsuccessful in completing her training. Still, there was something vaguely familiar about the sights and sounds that greeted her as she gawked despite Lilith's hurrying her through the smooth landscape of dried grass and barren trees. Somehow, a vision of heat and pressing crowds amid crying...
Author's Note: The author has asserted moral rights under sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988. This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance between any of the characters depicted herein and any real person, living or dead is wholly a matter of Nature imitating Art. There is not, and never was, a College of Correction and Redemptio...
After the service, Mrs. Jones told her family she would meet them at home. She walked back into the church and turned towards the confessional. She paused for a moment and then stepped in. "Forgive me father for I have sinned." "Mrs. Jones, is that you? How long has it been since your last confession, my child?" "Two days, father." "Two days? What brings...
Brian and Doll were asleep in bed together. Doll woke suddenly and looked around the room wondering what woke her. She looked and saw a light that seemed to be coming from the living room. She got out of bed grabbing Brians bathrobe before heading out there. As she poked her head around the corner she saw one of the table lamps next to the couch was on. She...
Memphis, Egypt - 3127 B.C.E. A hot dry wind blew in from the west, making an already scorching day all the more unbearable. Sand from the Sahara desert normally scoured everything in Memphis, but today it seemed almost malevolent. Nerata'ari had to shield her eyes with her gold colored shawl as she lowered a decrepit, but watertight, bucket into the Nile ri...
"We should do something for Earth Day," said Bob, a clerk in a law firm, to his three friends, who sat in their favorite bar drinking green beer on St. Patrick's Day. "Earth Day? No one celebrates Earth Day," said Mike, an accountant with an accounting firm. "It isn't a real holiday like St. Paddy's Day." "Yeah, Earth Day is a lame holiday right up there w...
Interlude I: The Promise of Sand Sand lies underfoot, silent, unknowing, windswept. Sun streams down on vast reaches of sand, it's journey complete. Silent sand, caressed by sun, warmed by the indifference of chaos, sand drifts along the boundary between land and sea. Between what was, and what is. Between being and becoming. Sand drifts just in silence,...