El despertador estalla en un chillido metálico, vibrando en la mesita de noche como si intentara huir de su propia existencia. Karen abre los ojos de golpe, su ceño fruncido antes siquiera de estar del todo despierta. Con un gruñido, estira un brazo musculoso y lo apaga de un manotazo firme, casi lanzándolo al suelo. Suspira y se sienta en el borde de la cam...
*Special thanks to Endcredits for his editing and feedback* * She would have left had she not felt the heartbeat of the building pulsing under her hand. Standing in an elaborate peacock costume in front of a dilapidated warehouse, she thought how ridiculous she must look. But, she reminded herself, inhibited women do not stand on public streets in feathers...
Reda pulled up her hood and wandered into the Last Stand Tavern. She was glad to be away from her family, elven nobles do nothing but look down on half-elf bastards. Reda had inherited her father's slender grace but also retained her mother's curves. Not that she knew who her mother was. The Half-Elf looked around the bar and sighed. There were some beauti...
On any other night, Jeremy would've rued his decision to park so far from the venue but after the excellent concert he had just witnessed, a walk through the city to the out-of-sight multi-story didn't seem so bad. It was the middle of July and thus the chill in the air was more of a pleasant one than one that necessitated a jacket. He breathed deeper; conte...
The pace of life was slower here in the Southern Barony. During the hottest part of the afternoon, activity slowed to a crawl and the day fell silent but for the sleepy drone of bees. Harry spent that first afternoon on the porch, with a tall glass of lemonade close at hand and a book open but unread on his lap. Even reading seemed like too much of an effo...
Dan stepped out into the quiet remains of a Saturday night, a knotted garbage bag in hand. At nearly one in the morning, the small bedroom community of Kessler Grove lay still. The only sounds, even on a weekend night, were the soft rush of traffic from the not far-off interstate, the odd bark of a dog or call of an owl. He drew a breath of cool night air...
The next day I made a call to the Jones residence. I spoke to Jane and briefly introduced myself as an attorney and would be grateful if she could spare a few minutes to meet me at my law chambers. I gave her the address and set up an appointment for the afternoon. I cleared my desk and showered and shaved and waited. I asked Rahul my Indian assistant to sta...
My name is Bob Russell and I'm a senior in college. I'm dating Sam and I am NOT gay. Sam is short for Samantha. Sam is a twin, an identical twin, and her sister is named Steve, which is short for Stephanie. Identical twins named Sam and Steve. They are graduating with me in June from Auburn. It is impossible to see any difference between Sam and Steve so the...
Gigi was a flirt. Her flirtations had cost her two marriages when the targets of her flirtations took them seriously and she had ended up in bed with them. She had convinced herself that she had not minded the divorces even as she admitted to herself that the fucks had been pedestrian at best. In truth she very much regretted losing her second husband and i...
On a Tuesday morning, Angela's alarm didn't go off. It wasn't even set, for that matter, but she still yawned awake at around 7 a.m., her internal clock so well-developed. It usually came in handy but not so much today. It was her day off from Padded Bliss, as it was for everyone else at the spa. Cold weather in the region had frozen the pipes in the buildin...