Chapter Forty-Three: Best Laid Plans "So, I had something to ask you." His tone was strange, but I couldn't place it. I stepped across the room, gathering up the pile of clothes I'd left at the foot of the bed when I'd unpacked earlier. "Keep talking. I'm going to change my clothes. Why don't you change out here?" I ducked into the curtained area, forcing...
I'm a little torn here. I suppose that this ought to go into the Non-Human category, but then... I dunno. All this guy wants is to finish the life that he started as. That's not possible, so now he'd just like to HAVE a life. I guess that makes him just like a lot of folks, no? ~grin~ ------------- The glare of the headlight danced along the pavement and f...
This is an EDITED draft and the second chapter of a multi chapter novel. Thank you taking the time to read this and enjoy. Jessica woke the next morning feeling groggy and cold. Streaks of sunlight bore through the sides of a dark shaded window. She shut her eyes and snuggled under the warm covers. Instantly, her sleepy brown eyes flew open when she rem...
The wind swept in off the coast, whipping the leaves from the trees and plastering them against Becca's legs as she made her way home. Normally she would have appreciated the wild beauty of this but tonight she was in far too much of a hurry to get home. She had been in this town for close to two months now and still felt no more welcome than a cat burglar....
If you can read this one with an Irish accent in your head, so much the better! * He doesn't recognise me, at least not straightaway. I can see it in his eyes. Not that they don't show interest. Far from it. He makes no bones about that, his eyebrows raised, his eyes scanning me with intensity. But there's no recognition in those steely blue eyes of his. N...
Sixth Inning Part six of nine part series! Read the other parts first, would you? Everyone is over the age of 18. ***** I woke up early the next morning, my back stiff from sleeping on the floor. The previous night, our amazing baseball road trip orgy had, indeed, become worthy of the word. All of us -- my athletic, tomboy roommate Julia, my best friend's...
I moved down the aisle of the market, placing food for the week in my cart. I was moving slowly, the skin on my left side was still stiff and painful from the grafts. I reached out for the beef potpie with my good hand, the right one; my left hand was gloved to protect the healing tissues below. As I reached up, my hoodie moved back slightly on my head, enou...
'A Dream of Empire' is a long fantasy epic, seen through the eyes of many characters. It will span at least thirty years of history within a fictional world, and will contain near every kink at least once. Each chapter will follow one specific individual, which will be denoted at the beginning, as well as their present location and the initial date in-world....
"What's he doing with those papers, concubine?" Julia popped some popcorn into her mouth and tried to control the nerves gnawing at her gut. She and Merton had met, years before, on Darknest. Darknest, despite sounding like a place where you'd spend bitcoins to buy child porn and assassins, was actually just a World of Warcraft fansite. Well, fan slash por...
Thank you Tigerssan for all your help and with some of the technical terms in this story. ***** Kathy felt uneasy about being the captain of 'The Phoenix'. She came over with Lee when 'The Firebrand' had to go into dry dock after the surprise attack. The Captain made sure Kathy stayed well away from the bridge. Now because of a freak accident, she has rep...