Inside the salon was a long row of pedicure seats, as well as a row of nail stations. Along the other wall was the row of salon chairs. It was oddly quiet as most people were absorbed in whatever task they were doing. A gaggle of middle-aged women sat in the pedicure seats all looking over and each other and making light conversation as the estheticians were...
This was written for the 750 Word Project. The story itself is exactly 750 words long according to Microsoft Word. Thanks for reading! _______________________________ "Can you help me, please?" I did, several times, always hoping she'd be back again. In their infinite wisdom, the powers that be in Financial Aid had assigned me to the Computer Help Desk...
Leanne walked up to the old people's home and looked at the sign; 'Rosefield Manor'. The building was dark and grey, sending a chill down her spine just looking at it despite the relatively mild autumnal afternoon. The bare trees outside, as black as the gothic looking stone the building was made out of, did nothing to ease her worries. There was always some...
Business had been pretty good for the winter months, such as winter was in Jacksonville, Florida. Aidan Gray had owned the landscaping business he bought from the man who'd mentored him and taught him everything he knew six years ago. Now, at the age of 34, things were going quite well, and with summer just around the corner, the potential to make a lot of...
BOOK ONE Sunrise and bad weather on the Prairie can be a site of sadistic beauty -- A frightening thing, like a lion loosed from its cage while the tamer sleeps. Often when the weather is bad I am restless, sitting up nights or rising early before the dawn to walk out and watch the rainfall when sleep won't come to me. The summer nights have only just beco...
Silvertree Chronicles Book Three, Rise of the Paladin, Part 2 (Enhanced Edition) Synopsis: The Grandson of Eldar Silvertree, son of Brannar, Lortan 'Storm Wraith' Silvertree, Travious Silvertree Knight Paladin, Champion of Corellon Larethian finished his ninety years of Training. The task before him was daunting as he understood why elven paladins were need...
Authors Note: I would like to thank a generous soul who edited my mess. I learned a lot about punctuation in the process. Thank you kind sir! ***** I looked out over the pool to a pristine beach not one hundred steps below the chlorinated water. To the left, I saw trees and a stone fence, to the right, more palm trees and the same stone fence. Both fences...
Chapter One: Jaivon Johnson As I crossed the square from the Casimir Inn, on the south side of Pulaski Square, to the General's Café on the north side, I shuddered as the big brute of a landscaper, Caleb, rose up from a flowerbed and glowered at me. He too? Would he too make me bend to his will as if by right?—not that I deserved better. But then I saw that...
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