A little bit longer than usual but hopefully just a good as the other chapters in this series. All feedback is welcome. Kat stirred before opening her eyes. The last thing that she remembered was watching a presentation for the Renewal Festival. Oh no! The meeting! She looked around wildly. She had fallen asleep during Charlie's council meeting! What an...
If this is the first Shelacta Tale you have read, please go the appendix to learn about this world. Seventh Tale: Degrees of Slavery Pt. 3 - Mistress and Maid Mary's letter to Mona (see fourth and fifth tales) suggested that Mona should ask Eva to become a milker and offer the freedom that her milk could give to both Jonas and Adam. Mary went on to say tha...
This is the third Kara Lofts story, set in a re-made world with magic, orcs, trolls and the like. ***** In The Five Idols, Kara's ex-lover Jennifer Ravens collected five idols that, legend said, would bring about the end of the world. She escaped to an extra-dimensional cave which Kara followed her to where she performed a ritual that utterly changed the w...
Crystal was fuming. She paced back and forth beneath the impressive ivy archway, the white stone path behind her leading to the church where her best friend Emily was soon to be married. She faintly heard the choir commence singing, and threw her bouquet to the ground in anger. "How am I supposed to get home now?" she cried out loud, to no one in particular....
Alice literally skipped to the full length mirror in the hallway. She had only been able to drop off to sleep occasionally during the night because today was to be the most special day of her lift. Not only was it her eighteenth birthday, but also in just a few hours she would be at the church, getting married to James. She had pledged herself to James whe...
Verdigris covered the ancient bronze doorknocker and knob, just as thickly as rust coated the wrought iron fence that surrounded the property. Spanish moss hung from the bent boughs of ancient oaks amid waist-high weeds. The flagstones that once lead to the now sagging porch were upturned and blanketed in thick red mud. The little white paint that remained...
Devonny stepped onto the doorstep, paused, and considered that this was the most impressive doorstep she had ever stood upon. She raised he hand to the gilded golden doorknocker only to draw her and back in apprehension. She self-consciously smoothed her freshly laundered skirts. She adjusted her bonnet and tucked a stray dark curl inside. She reached for th...
DAMP IN THE MIDDLE In the previous story I was trapped in the far north of Australia during the 'Wet', a time when it rains in monsoon proportions. After saying my farewells to the Aboriginals on Groote Eylandt, and to the lovely Polynesian girl Rebecca, I was able to make it back to Surfers Paradise in Queensland. On my return I was advised by the Hotel...
Luke and Sarah strode up the path to the Fletcher house, or rather mansion, Luke thought to himself, eyeing the large estate with trepidation. He and Sarah had argued over breakfast about how best to approach the newly-married Bree-Anne Fletcher. He'd wanted to do it alone; so had Sarah. They'd finally settled on doing it together. "The shock value of both...
It was with nothing but disgust that Susan regarded the musicians whose subtle and accomplished performance was so enrapturing most of the other guests. Susan was conscious that she was a fraud in so many ways and her presence at the recital a sham. It was the music she should be appreciating rather than the musicians. She should be somehow transported to th...