The duel I had with Forgeir Dreamseeker was hard, but fast. He bested me easily, tossing my axe out of my hands with a flick of his blade. "Again," I whispered to him as he helped me up from the floor of the tunnel. We were fighting in the common lands that all races used for their marketing and trading, and we were with friends in the great square-sha...
March, 1920 Le Havre, France It was with a deep sense of melancholy that I stood along the rail at the stern of the ocean liner, watching the coast of France recede into the distance. I was going home, after seven years of service with the American Embassy in Paris, and while part of me was glad to be returning to America, a larger part of me knew I was l...
The His Royal Majesty Richard the Seventh King of 26th Century Britain had been kidnapped by terrorists, and the government was furious. The PM had ordered all agencies to concentrate on his safe return. As the two eye witnesses to the actual kidnapping, Steve and Omega the Kings special Storm trooper bodyguard, had been called to No. 10 for a private me...
The freezing wind whips around my uncollared body. Fear pumps with every near-frozen heartbeat. I thought being alone would be less painful. The only thing I really felt was the rain batting away at my abused skin. I hate this. Women were all I had in my life to keep me sane. I loved them for that reason only. Other than that, I hated them. They beat me with...
Jessica strolled into the theater building. She wasn't sure how she wound up on this side of town, but she knew exactly who she wanted to see. It was Mike. She hadn't seen him in years, but she knew he was still living at their old stomping grounds of the theater. The theater had been named so by the weird displays that was contained within its walls. Mike w...
Marty Rochester walked into the apartment with his 55-year-old version in tow. There was something different about the apartment. His girlfriend, Victoria Church, looked ... sated. She smiled at him and greeted him with a luxurious kiss -- the kind usually reserved for commercials during The Cosby Show. "We're going to catch my rapist," she said, almost gi...
((Author's note: This is a story of a romance that takes a while to bloom. Although there is sexual relations in nearly every chapter, that isn't the main goal of this story. I hope you enjoy the ride.)) Will Raskin and I had known each other for years. We met at work. If you can call the Agency work. I've heard it called everything from "hell" to "the mo...
I ran. Faster. Faster. As a 23 year old, playing hide and go seek tag with my 10 year old sister wasn't the ideal way to be spending a Friday night, or any night, for that matter. Plus, I have to admit, playing tag in the dark is pretty damn difficult. Can't see for shit. I'm not sure why I agreed to it in the first place. I ran until I was sure I was o...
Ted was sitting in the play room in his recliner after dinner trying to find something to watch. It had been a hard week at work and he looked forward to a relaxing weekend. Picking up the remote he clicked through the channels until he found a movie he hadn't seen in years. He wondered what was taking Patti so long to come back down stairs, she said she w...
Adrienne stepped outside of her townhouse eleven blocks east of Rittenhouse Square. She was on her way to the library to renew two books she never got around to reading. Feeling a sting in the air, she wrapped her scarf around her neck and tied a knot under her chin. The remaining snow against the curb had turned black with exhaust. On a whim, she looked to...