The remarkable thing was not that she was lost. No, the truly mind-boggling thing was how long she had been lost, unknowing. Most of her adult life, as it turned out. Gel sighed heavily. Perhaps today she would be found. Perhaps today the search would end. Since realizing her predicament, she'd had this thought each morning upon awakening. She had this hop...
Throughout the fabled east there is no land more mighty or more magnificent than Phoenicia. Her ports of Tyre and Sidon are wonders praised by poets; their fame extends throughout the known world. The buildings of these cities are wonders laden with gold and marble. Her colonies girdle the seas from Asia to the distant corner of the world. They are the exoti...
"Pretty shitty duty," I said to myself. The cobwebs didn't say anything in reply, nor did the old pilots' licenses hanging in their cracked frames. Still, with my MP3 going and a thermos of hot, hot coffee, I wasn't seriously complaining. It sure as hell beat Iraq - nobody trying to blow my ass up again. I brushed the hair out of my eyes. Long blonde bangs...
Sitting on the park bench, I patiently waited for my quarry. The Commerce Court West building, one of the tallest buildings in Toronto's Financial District glitters in the distance. I know for a fact that it houses several law firms, mega-corporations and the offices of at least one billionaire. It's where my prey works. Today's target is Jonathan Wendell,...
Introduction In the late Middle Ages the Black Death, the greatest and most deadly outbreak of infectious disease in history, ravaged Europe, eventually killing between one third and a half of the population. The disease, which is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, was carried by fleas living on the rats that were found in ports and on board ships,...
The sun glared off the asphalt and through the windows. The diner was deserted, and the harsh light of noon only served to emphasize that. Irma gazed down at the cherry of her cigarette, watching the red-orange glow eat it slowly. She tapped her fingers in time with Peggy Lee's sympathy, knowing just how it felt to walk the floor and watch the door. Boredom...
Hello friends. This will be my first multi-part series. I will lend you this one caveat: The story does not immediately begin with sex, and the sexual progression is slow simmered. I can promise you this, however, that it does indeed occur, and is replete. I enjoy writing tastefully and with reservation, but I am not adverse to raunch and blunt eroticism. Yo...
"So, Malik, you're a switch-hitter?" Amal Jama said softly, blinking as she took in the news just delivered to her by her boyfriend of almost two years, Malik Mensah. The tall, broad-shouldered young man nodded somberly, and swallowed hard. Malik's shoulders sagged, and he licked his lips, his posture ramrod straight, an ironic term, given his situation, as...
I has been requested by many to write about more of my adventure with Nick's Family....So I continue with my story. If you haven't read the first 8 Chapters it may help you understand my story. With much pleasure in writing it. The saga continues..... It was a lazy chilly day in the latter part of December 2002. Christmas is near, shopping done, and very...
I found pizza under a couch. Not a pizza box. No box to be found. Not a single slice, but instead eight slices, composing a whole pizza of what I can only assume was pepperoni pizza, all perfectly arranged under the couch. Like it was being delivered to hungry mice whose ordering reach far exceeds their grasp. Or a bunch of morons with the munchies. Fifty/fi...