Melusine awoke to the sound of her cell door clanging open. She slowly blinked her eyes in the dim silty water, trying to focus them. Before she was even fully aware of her surroundings, she was hauled upright and drug through the door. She was cold, so very cold that her tail was stiff and numb. Her mind was in a fog, and pain lanced from her flukes, up her...
The Transylvania Coffee shop in the mall. Phil wore a nineteen-eighty-nine Batman t-shirt on the first day of work. He got Vicky, his girlfriend, a job there too. She would come in later, about five. They were twenty; both started dating when sophomores in a south Florida high school down the street from their apartment. Phil greeted his manager at the caf...
The following day soon to be ex-mayor Cole got treated for his wounds; skin grafts, hair plugs, and organ cloning costing a big fortune. Even though the recordings from Karen Styles were destroyed in the fire, there was a little backup plan I knew nothing about. Sadie, bless her heart, had her phone on and recorded the entire conversation in the park. Afterw...
Jim and Karen lived a few doors from their best friends Peter and Wendy. All in their mid-thirties, they had known each other since college days and since then had enjoyed many holidays and social events together. One Friday evening they found themselves in a group of eight at a wine tasting with various neighbors from the immediate area. The wine had loos...
We met at university, I was a couple of years older than her, she was nineteen, I was twenty-one. We had fairly quickly gravitated towards each other, we came from not dissimilar backgrounds, blue blood and old money. I come from the South of England, the second son of wealthy titled parents, Henrietta comes from the North West, the only daughter of wealthy...
Chapter 1 introduced the main characters, Mike, Monica, and Cheryl. Mike ends up leaving his job working as a bartender for Monica to work as a mate on Cheryls charter sailboat. In this chapter, Mike and Monica's relationship moves from casual sex to something more. ~~~ After my first trip out as the mate on Cheryl's charter sailboat, I was back at Monic...
True Love Is Free Many of you have been following the adventures of Francis, but Francis had a younger brother, a very spiritual guy who felt that he had a greater calling in life. Actually Sonny wanted to be a locomotive engineer when he was a kid, but locomotives are being phased out. He chose the next best thing. A preacher. His real name is Larry, but w...
I had been watching my wife and the stranger dance for quite some time now with uneasiness in my gut. Watching her embrace the man, observing the way they grooved and rocked their hips to the arousing rhythm of the Calypso music played by the club's live band. The way she seemed so unbound, so shamelessly happy. I could feel a tightness in my throat, and que...
It was the first thing she became conscious of as she woke that morning. His hand on her ass. She was laying on her stomach and he was sprawled on his back next to her. His hand rested on her right cheek, fingertips hooked over the soft underswell. His thumb caressed her and she sighed, completely content. Only a few minutes later, they were both at the ba...
Japan can feel like a strange and alien place to a Westerner, but I think it's wonderful. I am not really a city person, but these have a wow factor, especially when lit-up at night-time with their twinkling, rainbow brightness, constant noise and busy-ness. It's the history, culture and countryside of Japan that I love the most, which is why I was delight...