Reading Arianna Huffington's most recent book, "On Becoming Fearless," a book specifically oriented toward helping we women overcome our fears, led me to write a column about fears specific to men. It has also led me to recall the first volume the prolific Huffington ever penned, "The Female Woman." She was Arianna Stassinopoulos then, a Greek expatriate liv...
The students of Hallmore College stood in front of the scientist who stood there in front of a large device. It was strange on the top was an radar dish like device and there was a pod it was attached to with a control panel on the side. The scientist, Professor Evan Hedgerow, stood at the side looking both proud and nervous. He looked at the group of over 5...
Birthmother's Day and the need to honor girls and women who give babies up for adoption The Saturday before Mother's Day was designated Birthmother's Day by a group of birthmothers in Seattle, Washington in 1990. "Birthmother" in this context refers to a female who gave birth and gave the child up for adoption. Holiday Insights notes, "If ever there was a...
It's a Wednesday night in 2002. I'm driving out to the club I own in Renton in a sleazy industrial district just south of Lake Washington. I'm wearing my usual long black trench coat with matching leather gloves, the bulge of my wedding ring clearly visible. Underneath the coat is my form-fitting black silk cocktail dress, with just enough cleavage showing t...
Humanity was in a state of desperate flux. It began with a small viral outbreak, causing sterility in women. The local government swore that the infection was contained, that there was nothing to worry about. That bold lie was quickly exposed as the infections quickly turned into a pandemic, then epidemic The infection, and resulting sterility, was resistant...
Disclaimer: All characters and events in my stories are purely fictional and all characters are of legal age of consent. Any resemblance to real persons or events is entirely coincidental. Author's Note: This story takes place on an alien world much like our own, where the intelligent humanoids face many of the same challenges we do -- and some that we don'...
"Where the devil have you been!?" Henry was disheveled and antic when she breezed into the laboratory, a contemplative smile disappearing from her lips at his tone. "Out," she said, simply. "I met a boy." "A--." Henry blinked. "What do you mean? You don't mean to tell me that you went out and..." "I did. But I didn't meet the boy, well, officially, I supp...
Disclaimer: All characters over 18 Therese When I tried to imagine, there's nobody here, I was lonely. When I looked at those around, I felt trapped, not very comforted by others in a similar predicament. Granted, this day actually started peacefully for me and from what I've heard, I was more lucky than many of us. Exercise can refresh you in a splendid...
She appeared in my cabin as I was getting ready to go to bed. At first I thought it was Mara, the same figure, the same eyes and facial features, except she was a lot younger. Not a day over thirty, I thought. I must have stood there looking like an idiot, staring at her. What threw me was that Talla had insisted that Feng and I were the only humans who trav...
And for the record: I don't know where all of this came from, but I'm kinda glad it stays there... "I have another fantasy, Dr. Ross." Janet rolled her eyes and settles more comfortably into the chair, checking her pad of paper and pencil before she answered wearily, "Do tell, Lucy." "Well, it starts off with me at home. Mommy is reading a paper at the t...