Argon and Morgo were plotting when the rap came at the door; they just had time to jump. Through it came a stubby creature no more than four feet tall, clutching a duster in one hand and a bucketful of rags and cleansers in the other. Double-taking on Morgo and Argon, who shoved the communicator back in his pocket, the guest put his hand to his tiny breast s...
Author's Note I recently started a loose set of dystopian, near-future, speculative fiction stories in a series called 'Sara's Secret War'. The overall collection focuses on an all-female group of revolutionaries, as they take up arms in a fight against a corrupt and oppressive government. The first tale in the series, 'Sabine, Mother of the Revolution',...
Colin slid his body against Sienna's, her flesh felt so firm and smooth under him, it made him dizzy with desire. Though they had just finished their second rowdy round of the evening, the two warrior hearted people still desired to feel each other as fully as possible. Sienna started laughing when they kissed though and Colin couldn't help but break the st...
I release a hefty sigh as I dip the fountain pen back into the reservoir. Why the elves won't give humans the ballpoint pen is beyond me... I scan through the document, rolling my eyes at the contents. It's another stipend for that stupid cult...but hey, we're bound by law to give it to them. I sign it and push it aside, silently steaming about the loophol...
Author's note: This story is a spinoff of the Were Wars series (Behind the Lines of the Were War, Beyond the Were War and Between the Were Wars) and takes place about a year after that story ends. It is not necessary to have read that series first, but why wouldn't you? I think you'll enjoy them. ***** Chapter 1 "And Nyx (Night) bare hateful Moros (Doom)...
Splicing was just a fact of modern life these days. In the early days splicing was something edgy and bizarre, the exclusive to the wealthy and eccentric. Now it was as routine as tattoos and body piercings. Most mutagens fell into two categories, corrective and cosmetic. Corrective fixed genetic deficiencies, such as nearsightedness or less than stellar in...
The University Library was a sprawling complex erected in stages over a period of time covering more than a century and a half. The oldest parts where classified as an architectural masterpiece and cultural landmark, all decked out in green painted cast iron and dark wood panels, while the newest parts, less than a decade old, tried its best to look like a s...
"We stand today at a unique and extraordinary moment. The crisis in the Persian Gulf, as grave as it is, also offers a rare opportunity to move toward an historic period of cooperation. Out of these troubled times, our fifth objective -- a new world order -- can emerge: a new era -- freer from the threat of terror, stronger in the pursuit of justice, and mor...
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I was beginning to feel somewhat lightheaded. I wasn't sure if the second-hand smoke from the marijuana inside The Coral Reefer was affecting me, or whether my nerves were reacting to the fact I was about to meet a powerful man, perhaps someone I knew, who'd made an interesting bid on my virginity. There was a slight commotion at the podium. I looked and s...