Chapter 2: Brett's Afternoon Clarisse needed to get to Oxford Street without delay so as to ensure she got a good spot for her begging. She picked up her blanket and placard and gave Brett a quick peck on the cheek. He shut the door behind her and listened to the clatter of her shoes sounding ever more distant as she descended the stone staircase. He heard...
The bell on the glass door rings as I walk into the store. It's in a suburban strip mall sandwiched between a nail salon and a beauty parlor. I'm scared to death someone I know will see me here and learn my secret. But this is part of the thrill. This is dirty sex, and I love it. I'm in a trashy lingerie shop. I'm not buying for a wife or girlfriend. I'm s...
Background My wife and I live in a medium size Southern city. I had been a mid-level executive in the local office of a national firm. My pay had always been good, enabling my wife to stay home and live a more or less "country club" existence. This all came crashing to an end several months ago however when I was laid off due to a company merger. Things got...
As I stepped into the office that morning, my thoughts were taken up with the belief that finally my torture of being blackmailed would be ending soon. Simon and John had promised to return the evidence of my wrongdoings, and I would finally be free from their orders of humiliation. As I sat at my desk my mind wandered back to some of the events of the last...
The Seriously Awesome Expo (SAX) has arrived! Lights, glamor, and glory await in the convention center's halls for those who can claim it. SAX is the largest and loudest event of the year for gamers, comic book lovers, and pop culture fanatics of all kinds. You name it, they've got it! Not only does it play host to the biggest names of the industry, it spons...
In the near future humanity has designed many ways to combat a rising population and limited resources. One way is Digital Dominion. Your mind is uploaded into a fully functional computer generated world while your body is destroyed. Once inside you can live any life you choose. Digital Dominion is broken into various worlds including Fantasy, Circus, Small...
As the world loads in you rise up, drawing up your power... before unceremoniously flopping onto the ground. What's the point? The heroes would just waltz through and kill you 20 minutes from now. You didn't even get the satisfaction of killing them over and over again like the bosses did. You were just a creep put here so the heroes could farm XP. The more...
When you have only street smarts, and no academic credentials whatsoever, there is a real dearth of high paying jobs that are open to you. However, I do have something else besides street smarts going for me - I'm six three, two forty pounds, can bench press 450 pounds, and have a year's training in Brazilian jujitsu. Perfect qualifications for a bounty hunt...
Eliza groaned when the annoying alarm woke her from a sound sleep. Why a clock manufacturer would choose the same alarm used in a nuclear plant emergency was beyond her understanding. Stretching her arm across the pillows she slapped at the small machine until it became silent. Whether she hit the snooze or off button she couldn't guess, but silence was now...
"She's ridiculous," I said. "An absurd fantasy of a warped, twisted, over-privileged masculine mind." "Your boss." "Yes. Him." Henri Duchamp, the zoo's billionaire owner. "What kind of pervert turns a woman into a mermaid fuck-toy and shows her off for the whole world to lust over?" "You sound almost jealous..." "Hah!" The man currently treating me like...