Curled on her side on the damp cold floor, Eleanor shivered in the light of the moon shining through the barred opening high on the tower. How many hours had it been? Ten? Fifteen? It seemed like time was grinding by so slowly. The moon had only moved the smallest amount, a span of four or five hours at the most, yet forever had passed in those moments. From...
Days Away 1 Dan was on a business trip to Melbourne. Anne accompanied him to shop and socialize with the business partners. Some months ago, Anne and John (the part owner of the local Bistro) had become lovers, later to be joined by her partner Dan. Grace who worked with John had become his lover. She had also introduced Anne to the wonders of girl on gi...
Varigoth, cloaked in Kvikne fox fur, Falningjoen shoulder plates, and Grontjonnan chain belt, stomped his foot fiercely on the ground. The land was a softly rolling hill: a patch of old growth trees with peaceful oak leaves, green and alive on the tree and brown and rolled up into a soft cover on the ground, an open meadow with stout grass blades soaked in d...
Khaled was wandering helplessly in the darkly lit street. Arriving at a small bar, he entered and sat at the counter asking for a shot of vodka. Looking next to him, he saw Salim, a friend he has met at his new university. Salim was also drunk and sobbing heavily. Seeing that he was not alone in bad mood, Khaled went and sat next to Salim. “I see we are bot...
Chapter One The evil robot dropped the woman as the Man of Steel pried its mechanical hands apart then knocked it off balance with a mighty blow. The robot recovered, catching Superman in a tight bear hug. The hero quickly broke loose but the large but speedy mechanical man was on him again; this time lifting him from behind by the waist and applying a vic...
Notes: This is a first for me and hopefully not the last. To the best of my knowledge this is original work, nothing is truly original anymore but rather a retelling of old stories with new flavors. There is no sex in this chapter but there will be some in the future, slow burn, it's how I write, if you want a quick fix you'll have to go elsewhere. There wil...
Chapter Twelve Schmidt - 3750 C.E. "Schmidt?" Paul wondered. "Why are we stopping at Schmidt? And why is the colony called that anyway. Was there ever a famous Schmidt?" "I'm sure there was," said the captain of the space cruiser. "And I'm sure there are many Schmidts who are worthy to have a colony named after them. This colony, however, is named after Ro...
Chapter 1 -- Flight 2298 International Flight 2298 already was an hour late to its destination in Frankfurt when the aircraft was rocked by a nasty band of turbulence. The plane dropped into a wind shear, shuddered upwards, and then dropped again. The pilot, who already had ordered all passengers to return to their seats, ominously ordered the fight attenda...
An ebony hand laid to rest on the royal blue ruffled of the queen regent. "Will you be needing any assistance in these trying times, my queen?" warbled a dusky warmth from behind her. In reply, the queen reached up and wrapped her own dainty set of digits around the knobbled sausage-thick fingers comforting her. "No. I have a kingdom to run now; my people...
**All characters in this story are over 18 years of age. This story is fiction.** Jerome Harrison woke with a start, feeling the cold damp cloth of his pillow, soaked from his sweat, pressing to his face. With a feeling of fading terror he reached for the t-shirt he'd discarded when he'd lain down to sleep that night. The fabric was slightly rough and smel...