© Fionna Guillaume 2016 *** Prologue: The Cards Rosemary sat in the back room of Triple Goddess Herb Shop, drinking a huge mug of chamomile tea and feeling sorry for herself. She'd just been dumped. Again. This time the sad, nascent relationship had made it all of three months before disintegrating beneath the barest discussion of a long-term future. Jaso...
October Kit heard his phone ringing as he lay in the sun soaking up the last rays of the central Texas summer. He had ignored a previous call, but this caller seemed more determined. After the tenth ring, he pushed himself to his feet and went down the steps to the living area of the boathouse. He didn't want to talk to anyone and spoil a perfectly good fu...
I recognized him when he walked through the front door of the agency. It had been a long time, but he was still the same guy I had seen in court every few years when I was a kid. A little thinner, less hair and the need for glasses were new, but it was him. My office is enclosed in glass. I try to minimize anything that separates me from anyone else that w...
This is chapter 1 of a 3 chapter story. Sincere thanks to CWatson, for his editing efforts on this large job. I've made a few changes since he reviewed the draft so its likely any 'clangers' are mine. (A Swag is a canvas bed roll, usually including a basic foam mattress and blankets.) * Don had worked hard this morning, and thought he'd earned a break--...
All people and places are fictional. All characters are over eighteen. ***** A painter with a remarkably steady hand was writing the name Peter Jokland with a long, thin pinstriping brush. The white letters seemed to flow off the tiny brush onto the green paint below like they were meant to be there. "Can you put Jock in the middle, with little quotation...
All characters engaging in sexual relationships or activities are 18 years old or older. ©Andyhm 2015 This is the 19th and penultimate chapter in this series - I strongly recommend you to read the previous chapters in order, before this one, it's not going to make a lot of sense otherwise. There's been a lot going on in my life that has seriously cut int...
Connor Anderson was hunched over and scribbling furiously in his notebook when the bell above the door jingled. For the last hour he'd been on a roll, he was in his fourth year of college studying Psychology and he supplemented his school fees and living expenses by working nights at the local liquor store. Being a Monday night, it had been slow and not at a...
Hello! I'm finally done with PART 2! This here was a hard child to bear. First of all, let me say thank you for all the nice comments and encouragements I received with PART 1. I'm always very, very glad to receive your thoughts about it, the positive and the constructive criticism too. I understand some people didn't like part 1 all that much, thought i...
Cheating and Rivals – Part 20 Jen finished dressing as Mike put Anna down for her nap. "You look amazing honey," Mike gushed as he joined her in their bedroom. Jen wore a short dress that hugged her curves and high heels. "Thanks," Jen said as she applied finishing touches to her make up. "No stockings?" Mike asked looking at his wife's bare legs. "Remem...
This is a two-part story. If you have not read Part 1, I would strongly urge you to do so, although this probably does stand on its own two feet. In the tale, I do not interrupt the considerable sexual action to fiddle around with condoms; just take it that I do believe in safe sex. It's a long story, nearly 20,000 words, maybe it's too long. I did think o...