Many thanks to my editor for helping me to be a better writer. ***** Two hundred thousand leaves. A mature maple tree has roughly that many, and in the part of the world where Marla lives, they all end up on the ground in October. She couldn't believe it when she read the number. "I've got over a million leaves in my yard!" she said. There was no one there...
JLA: The Despero Intersection by JR Based on the story by Giffen, DeMatteis and Hughes featured in the Justice League of America comic book. issues #37-#40. Now told without any damn censoring. PROLOGUE 1: ALWAYS READ THE FINE PRINT Somewhere by Neptune's orbit, a small, rather depressing-looking moon was shrouded by an enormous shadow. Slowly, the gargan...
iv. It was eight o'clock in the evening and Ofelia was watching television with her brother and her Mom in the living room of their apartment. Dominga, Ofelia's Mom, was standing behind the couch, running a brush through her daughter's long dark hair, half paying attention to the television, half paying attention to Ofelia's hair. Manuel was sitting close...
ix. Ofelia took her bikini off and dried herself with a towel before slipping into some panties and sitting at her dresser with her cell-phone to her ear. When Leonard answered he seemed a little worried. "You just got home or what?" "Oh, no, no. We were down at the pool, swimming. We got back here at like, I don't know, six." "You went swimming?" "Yeah....
Agosto 13, 1898 Bathala have mercy on me. I've failed. I hadn't the heart to bind or whip my beloved Bulalakaw and I fear he is lost to me now. All I have left is Bulan's promise that in my bloodline lies hope. It is ironic that for all that I cannot find the courage to draw blood, in the end, it is blood that will save those whose lives I shatter out of co...
Tala filed her vacation leave with a smidgen of regret. Her team would have to do without her for a while, but she had accrued enough leave credits to take a couple of months off—goodness knows she needed it now if she intended to explore her Baylan nature. She'd probably need a few weeks to recover, too, considering what tapping her supernatural whathaveyou...
Tala jolted awake to AC/DC's Back in Black blaring from her smartphone. She'd lain passed out and naked atop the covers of her bed, her skin sheened with sweat even the little half-horsepower air-conditioner in her bedroom could not alleviate. Crap. I need to speed through my shower and remove this come from between my legs, was her harried first thought of...
Here is chapter 7. Thank you for your patience with me. I do hope you enjoy this part of the story and, yes, I am working on the next chapter now, as well as the continuation of Isle of Lays. ***** 20 Junio 1898 Do not wait too long to finish gathering the three golden hairs you need, especially not if you've already taken the first one. Your Tikbalang ma...
i. The next day was Friday, and it was payday. Ofelia was at her machine when her boss paid his first visit to his new "teacher's pet", as Beatriz and some of the other ladies were calling Ofelia. This time instead of chatting with her over the noisy machines he just tapped her on the shoulder. She turned and smiled pleasantly. "Come with me a minute." Da...
vii. Daniel found Ofelia in the staff room the next morning, enjoying her 9:15 break. There were a few others in the room, but Ofelia was sitting by herself, checking some text messages on her cell phone. She looked delicious, as usual. Today she was wearing a sleeveless white blouse and some black jeans. Her hair was pinned up, and she looked well-rested a...