CHAPTER 6: NEITHER WITH A BANG, NOR A WHIMPER As is always the case, various sections of the community clearly saw the danger early and did their best to warn the authorities and the people long before any official attempt was made to tackle the problem. And, as had always been true, by the time the governing bodies did stir, it was already too late. Media...
Cello Master class XTC Nymphette I have been playing the cello since I was eight, I played violin from 3 until I was 6 years old. I have always loved the sensuous feel of the neck and fingerboard beneath my touch, the beautiful feminine shape and the exquisite wood and craftsmanship of the instrument. I adore the exquisite shape and feel of the curvaceous a...
His world was one of darkness. Sounds, smells, and textures were what he used since he was 15 when sight abandoned him. He is 40 now, and doing well. A thriving computer business, and a former career in teaching made him a fairly versatile, flexible guy. Now he was his own boss, staying as busy as he wanted, working from home, and fielding most of his work o...
In late 2017, the modern world reacted with horror upon discovering that African migrants trying to get to Europe by boat got kidnapped on the high seas and brought to the shores of Libya, where they were sold off as slaves to the highest bidder. When the news hit CNN, RDI and other major news outlets, a lot of people were shocked, but Alia Sammad, a woman i...
There was something about the way he put his cufflinks on. I languished, hair on the pillow. Exhausted and smiling, if only every morning were like this. My skin was gleaming, it must be. I didn't mind him leaving. He wasn't the type for holding a woman through a night, and to be honest I wasn't the kind of girl to need it. Olive skin, mid night shirt, wh...
Mr. Samuels was not happy. "Do you know why you're here today?" Serena pushed her hair back with only the arrogance that an eighteen-year-old college freshman can possess. "My professor reported me because I was not wearing panties with my skirt," she answered succinctly, then added "I accidentally flashed her and she did not like it." The college administ...
We saw each other at the same time when I deplaned. I didn't get to sneak a peek first, but neither did you. You're even sexier than I imagined. Your glance has lived through a thousand lifetimes, easy. You've lived secrets I've dreamed. Maybe you think those sly dimples of yours conceal the bad boy in you, but I've been around too, and I know better. Still...
I was a bit nervous. When I received my invitation to the school reunion, I was definitely not going. That was until I had been persuaded by my friends; both then and now. I was stood in front of the main school building. Little had changed since I had left. Admittedly, it was only a few years after I had left, but still, I was nervous. I had only kept in...
She didn't want to go to the wedding. She didn't know the bride at all and the fact that she had been in school with the bride's mother did not help the situation. She was 4 days away from her 39th birthday and the more she tried not to think about it, the more nothing else seemed to matter. She spent the afternoon effectively alone. Typically, she did not f...
This all happened my senior year of high school. There I sat, bored and mentally tortured in the pits of Ms. White's math class, looking out the window at the clouds and obliviously fidgeting with my pencil, while the rest of the class slowly but surely built their mathematical knowledge. Regardless of the fact that my athletic elegibility was at stake, I j...