Standing on the outer deck of the immense château, she silently watches as the fog rolls across dew kissed fields. Enveloping the white washed fences surrounding the acres of grazing fields, the soft whickering of the horses lingering over the stillness of the morning. The fog silently sweeps over her feet and ankles, encasing them in a moist kiss of fleetin...
David Jones stood atop Cefn Bryn, one of the higher points on the Gower Peninsula. It was early spring, or late winter, depending on how you wanted to look at it, and the air was unusually clear for the season. The twenty-or-so houses and pastures that made up Nicholaston spread out at the bottom of the hill, about a hundred feet down, and pressed up against...
**The conclusion of the story. Nothing else particularly erotic in these chapters. Here for completeness, only.** 17. Shibari Roku awoke upside down, the blood rushing to her head. Her arms were somehow restrained behind her and there was an agonizing ache in her shoulders. Roku tried desperately to get a sense of which way was up, but wherever she was,...
35. The Rift Cricket screamed, "They destroyed the planet!" Mark looked up from his desk and saw large rocks floating past the transparent ceiling in their quarters. As they all rushed down to the bridge, Cricket told Mark what she had collected as she got the updates she had missed while they were in FTL. Mark asked, "Was it the Star Hunter?" Cricket sa...
Prologue - Placing her back inches from a large tree, Brenda stooped down and teased open a brown canvas satchel. The occasional wind-rush of a car traveling on the road, several yards away, served as a reminder that civilization seemed always to be only one step away. Her son, dear Christopher, had dropped her off on that highway a bit over an hour ago. B...
Chapter Nineteen – The Sapphire Necklace The Grand Duchy of Upper Danubia spent the autumn of 1754 recovering from the war. The country gave thanks to the Creator for having spared the central valley, but the province of Hórkustk Ris, which had been devastated and depopulated, would take years to recover. The Grand Duke was very active in planning the provi...
A NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: First, let me thank everyone who read the first chapter and offered their insights and views. The food-for-thought I've received from you has helped me to think about what to include (and not include) in the newest revision. Thank you! Normally after I've finished a story I write a little introduction, musing about what inspired me...
Ria was sitting in the bar of the Ritz Carlton hotel in Las Condes, Santiago, reading an article on the Las Vegas race on the ESPN Desportes website. The article said that Carlos Sanz looked much improved over last year, and that his off season time with the sports performance experts must have helped. It ended with a short tribute to Luis Tabernas, noting t...
Thai drove through the outskirts of Zenith toward the center of the city. At this point the sky was lighter. The black of night had already faded to a deep blue which started fading into orange. She could see a thick brown layer of smog congesting the skyline of multistory domes and buildings around the city's central hub. With every city block closer to the...
Author's Note: This is a short set in the same wider setting as "The Voyeur Husband". Reading the other is not at all required to understand this tale. I do hope you all enjoy. ________ Shadow and Lust ________ Lounging comfortably in her chair Cassie watched the vivid blue's of the news feed scrolling across the bottom of her television screen. The anch...