Shelley almost never won anything. She just wasn't the lucky sort. When she called the radio station, she was always either their ninth or eleventh caller. Sixteen years of always playing her lottery numbers had yielded a net loss of six hundred dollars. She couldn't even win at church Bingo night. So it was with a sensation of mild shock that she found hers...
There are things in the world of Alther that need to be done, Aura's mother told her when she was very little. Bread to be baked. Clothing to be sewn. Armor and weapons to be made, and then enchanted. Everyone in the world has their place. Aura's mother was a seamstress and her father a bread maker. Her parents planned for her to be a seamstress as well. Exc...
Numbers Ch -1- Anna 6 The fifteen young women filled into the room taking seats near the dais against one wall. An incredibly beautiful woman with golden brown short hair, her ankles crossed leaned against a stout table in the center of the dais. She wore a simple loose blue sleeveless dress with a row of buttons running down front from top to bottom. On he...
Dear Les, It's been a while since I've written, and there's been a pretty big change in my life. When you come to visit next month, be sure to bring some of your best underwear. We'll be going to an event with The Club. After you read the rest of this, you'll understand why. I guess I'll start with what happened a few months ago at Missy and George's. The...
It's 4pm Friday and I'm skipping out on work, again. I'm with the same group from work, again. We're all well on our way to being drunk, again. What the fuck, I know we'll have a good time, again. I work for a lighting company. We consult with, and sell lighting to the construction industry. It's not a bad job. Sometimes the hours are shitty and no one real...
After months of living apart the final flight back to Berlin was taking place for Hans. He had dreamed about this moment for the last six weeks since the last time that he and Gretta and been together. He missed her incredibly as well as his two children who had grown up slightly since he had been away. As the plane bummed in the turbulence he could only foc...
This story is part of a series. Chapters 1 through 8 will provide context. Hopefully, however, this story may also be enjoyed as a stand-alone work. As a brief background, the protagonists, Sara and Harry, sailed with new friends Dieter and Birgit to Antigua. Neither Sara nor Harry took any clothes for this trip. On Antigua, they met recent graduates Zoe and...
For next few months, everything was going well, for me personally and with Maggie, Tom & Bob. Bob kept some clothes at my house and spends time with me whenever he isn't traveling for work. It feels real nice feeling a naked man in bed with me. One weekend, Bob was able to stay both days and we planned on having a great time. Maggie called on Saturday jus...
The hike had been invigorating. He wasn't usually one to walk for any reason other then transportation but hiking deep into the woods, talking and joking with his friends really got the blood flowing. Maybe it was the companionship which made the time pass quickly. Once they got to the chosen site everyone put down their bags. It was a warm night and the we...
"I'm just concerned," Brennan was saying, glancing at the caravan behind them. "He might die, or explode, or something." Lily smiled mischievously. "But look at his face! It gets all red and purple, with that one big vein. That's not even a little funny to you?" They were most of the way to Highwater, having left Rellam's Crossing three days prior. Brennan...