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African Adventure

by Otto26 on Sep 12, 2017
Novels and Novellas

Copyright Otto26 With grateful thanks to my editor, snooper. * Only one shot was fired and the attack was over in less than five minutes, but it was the most violent event she had ever witnessed. Young Henri, the boy soldier assigned by the Ministry to accompany her, was the victim of the single shot. It splattered blood and brain matter all over her, stu...

Queen of Jarilo

by Snekguy on Dec 16, 2017
Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Author's note: this story has been re-edited to bring it up to my current standards as part of an effort to make Ebooks. It features improved editing, grammar, punctuation, and also includes rewrites and expanded scenes where necessary. Please see my bio for more information. CHAPTER 1: SIEGE OF JARILO The admirals sat around a circular table in the confer...

The Memoirs Of A Young Victorian Lady

by rlfj on Sep 13, 2017
Novels and Novellas

Chapter 1 - An Introduction to my Situation I was just a few days past my sixteenth birthday when first I arrived in Saratoga. My journey had been sped by the marvel of a rapid and smooth rail coach, and I often wondered at the miracle of such a speedy and modern appliance. My entire trip had been by such new means, first a steamship to the Americas and the...

Ulrike's Daughters

by Wraysbury on Dec 2, 2019
Erotic Couplings

There are things that we discover. There are things that we think that we have discovered. And there are things that we never find out. =========== Having disembarked from the flight via the link bridge at its destination, Ben made his way into the main terminal at Helsinki airport, through the customs check then straight to the 'Exit' to the car hire de...

The Bonding Chronicles Ch. 19

by PantherParabola on May 30, 2018
Sci-Fi & Fantasy

***** Regulation Issue ***** It had already been a week, and Dave's clothes still felt itchy. His flannel jacket scratched at the back of his neck, making all the military formalities they lived by seem artificial by contrast. It was a strange mental association, he knew, but it pulled at the back of his mind just the same — distracting him from everything...

Chronicles of Darla Ch. 00

by Deckard Kincaid on Sep 15, 2017
Novels and Novellas

Prologue Darla Padgett cried as she thought about all that pain that she had been through, and to her, as a shooting star went across the sky she whispered to herself, "even the stars were passing judgment on me." In the cemetery, near Eddie's grave, and hours before the train to Montreal was scheduled to leave and take her away forever, young Darla lay in...

Sisters of the Fallen

by GayTripper on Sep 14, 2017
Erotic Horror

This is my submission for the 2016 Halloween Story Contest. It is a gothic horror novella based on the vampire mythos. My goal was to try and make the vampires as dark and scary as they were seductive and I hope you will find my attempt successful. The story is a bit of a slow burn since I've taken time to establish the characters, setting, and atmosphere be...

River Man (2016 revision)

by Adrian Leverkuhn on Sep 16, 2017
Romance

I'm not sure when it hit me; this was almost the same trip we'd started the year before? Then it occurred to me: when does one journey end, and the next begin? Then - as now - we'd spruced up the boat, loaded her up with fuel and provisions. Then - as now - we'd left midcoast Maine and sailed south for Massachusetts Bay, bound for the Cape Cod Canal. Then -...

Life as a New Hire Ch. 38

by FinalStand on Sep 25, 2017
Sci-Fi & Fantasy

*This story plays fast and loose with Ancient History, numerous Mythologies and Linguistics; be warned* *Professional, conscript, or volunteer – they all have run away from battle.* *Editing magic performed by KJ24 and Shyqash, plus contributions by the regular gang of brigands and neer-do-wells* A Note on terminology and the metaphor of Cael's World T...

Redeemers of the Fallen

by GayTripper on Oct 8, 2019
Erotic Horror

+++++ Redeemers of the Fallen +++++ The following is my entry for the 2019 Halloween Story Contest. This is of course the sequel to the First Place winner from the 2016 contest, Sisters of the Fallen. While not strictly necessary to enjoy this new tale, I highly encourage you to read "Sisters" first so the personalities, histories, and motivations of the pr...