Author's note: All characters and companies mentioned in this story have no existence outside the imagination of the author, and have no relation whatsoever to anyone or anything bearing the same name or names. Events portrayed in this story are pure invention and have not been based on any events that have happen in real life. All the characters involved in...
Author's note: this story is part of a series, but they can be read in any order. * * * The honeymoon was over. The city of Standup had begun as a collaboration, but now the cracks were showing. On the half-mile-wide expanse that had been cleared in the jungle, the city was divided into districts, each with a grudge against all the others. At the biggest o...
Hey dudes, Ed was unfortunately too busy to edit for me this time, so I had to do it myself like I used to. As such, you might see some more errors than usual. Enjoy! ————— Sam woke with a start. "Wha? What was that?" He muttered, rubbing his forehead. 'Was that just a dream...?' He wondered. Shaking his head, he tried to clear the fog from his mind. '...
Chapter 7 Six years earlier... Corec waved a serving girl over before taking a seat with the three other trainees. Before he could order, though, his friend Kevik stood. "It's on me this time," Kevik said. "It's your birthday." Corec nodded. "Thanks." Kevik ordered a round of ale while Trentin and Barat looked around, wide-eyed. It was the first time th...
Chapter 27 "Have you been on your travels for long?" Ellerie asked Shavala as the two walked through the market district. Melithar—or whatever his name was—hadn't had any updates on the investigation, so Ellerie had volunteered to help the other woman buy supplies while Boktar and Corec were looking for horses. The dorvasta woman made Ellerie feel self-con...
Cheating and Rivals Part 61 "Why'd you leave?" Jen asked Mike later at home, wondering why he left Ricky's since he loved so much seeing her with other men. They were in bed on their sides, looking at each other. "Sometimes it gets intense," Mike admitted with a sheepish grin. "I can tell you two are really into each other." "You expected that though righ...
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Author's notes: Finally, after years in the making, Chapter 3 of our story. I've been on such a rough, long, crazy road in life, but this story finally finished. I'm editing the final chapter now, though I apologize if it's rough-hewn all the same. I'm really tired of working on this story, so tired that I don't want an editor, I just want it to be done... b...
There is a dark truth to our modern lives, one that is at times both terrifying and at others: one's only glimmer of hope. The carousel never stops turning. No, it simply goes -- around and around, with days passing by in a blink, with eyes that close to sleep, opening to wake in what feels like an instant. Clock in, clock out. Return. Repeat. It is a ma...
So this section started to get really long. I decided to cut it in half while I finish it up because it was just taking too long to get to a more natural break in the story. I've thought for some time I need an editor. One of the biggest time sucks with this story is endless re-readings looking for typos and grammatical errors and every time I find a new o...