It did not seem incongruous to me that an event as momentous as this would be taking place in an undistinguished courtroom, in a nondescript county building, in a bland rural county, in the midst of a featureless Midwest State. As a child, I always thought that history's major events occurred on a grand stage. I knew that ordinary events happened in small...
Chapter 12 -- The trial of Maria Elena Rodriguez-Torres While the student protestors continued to kneel outside, Spokeswoman Lee-Dolkivna, Director Cecilia Sanchez, Prisoner # 101025, and the two officers escorting the prisoner passed through the main door of the Central Courthouse. They walked through an ornate entryway and passed through a second set of d...
Why Every Writer Should Consider Using a Grammar Checker Before a Story Submission That is a question that I pondered on during the writing of my first story before this second submission. Why should I? Do I really need it? Other writers have friends, family, and editors to look over their manuscripts before submission. Will they need to use a Grammar Che...
Chapter 3: Calling Home Arthur really couldn't read the Danubian newspaper, but to pass the time before trial he started looking through the pictures. There were photographs of floods and fires as well as weather forecast graphics and comics like any other newspaper. But when Arthur found the front page it made him cringe, below the bold headline was a cri...
This story will contain elements of non-consent, BDSM, fantasy/sci-fi anal/oral and forced sexual activity. If this is not your thing, then feel free to move on to another story. Enjoy. Feedback is appreciated. The pain in her shoulders woke her. She still hung with her hands bound above her head, but instead of being cold, she was warm. She could hear th...
* * * * * Copyright oggbashan January 2013 The author asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work. This essay includes works of fiction. The events described here are imaginary; the settings and characters are fictitious and are not intended to represent specific places or living persons. * * * * * 1. Basics. It seems so simple....
Sebastian, Just looked over your most recent revisions to the book, and everything looks great. At this rate, it should be in the stores by our original target date of May 31! I do have one minor quibble with something in the third paragraph on page 371, which I've reproduced below and want to make a point about: 'Dierdorf thrust his broiling McStewart aga...
Now Aribor has delivered Remzain to the Great Sorceror Valdark. The story continues :- She is beautiful to those who value such things," said Valdark coldly. "She would indeed fetch a tidy sum in the slavemarkets of Grelb or Gorthon!" Aside to Aribor alone he whispered, "She would indeed make some powerful magic if she were left to our finer arts." Aribor...
Its is an adjective and the possessive form of the pronoun it. It's is a contraction (for it is or it has), that must always have an apostrophe. Its is used as adjective. "The cat chased Its tail." [The cat chased the tail belonging to the cat.] "The bank closed Its doors." [The bank closed the doors belonging to the bank.] The adjective Its never means 'i...
I was released from the stocks and ordered to stand at defense counsel's table. My hands were uncuffed and I stood where I had many times before, but midst circumstances very unlike any I had encountered in my career. The Judge smiled from the bench and welcomed me to HER Court. "Counsel, it is nice to see you...all of you...in my Court today. You are, howev...