Paje fired again. The grey sludge that had become formless after being shot started to take shape back into a human form. Juno rolled out of the bed, her training taking control to get herself out of the field of fire. As another shot sounded, she scooped up her kit and weapon and dove out into the hall. Paje followed and closed the door after them. She s...
The office was still and quiet as the grave, which was odd considering the bodies had been removed three days prior. It seemed disrespectful to turn on their flashlights, so Tina and Dirk stood quietly and waited for their eyes to adjust to the dark. The glow of the street lights flowed in through the bay windows. It cast long shadows on the rug, but it also...
He had time to spend, and spent some of it in a small village on a small island. He'd been here most of a week, with his sketch book and his paint box and his walking stick, and the weather had been glorious. This morning was not glorious but overcast; rain had fallen overnight, and more was predicted for the afternoon. Sketchbook and paints did not fare we...
NOW Jesse watched as Delilah swung her ax with amazing power for a girl with such a small frame. The wood split instantly and he was quick to pick up the halves and toss them onto a pile resting in the sun before he took another log and placed in on the stump. Delilah gazed at him, her tone arms and chiseled shoulders flexing from the sleeveless shirt she...
True love means wanting to give support to the person you love. Chris begins to help Laura find her way back. * The hot sun beat down upon his back as the bike swept down the country lane, brown and tanned his strong muscled arms guided the machine around the bends in the road, past fields of cows grazing in the summer heat, and overtaking cars full of hol...
"This was a really stupid idea." Millie complained again, but only someone within three paces of her would've heard her. She kept her voice down, Paula knew, because in spite of the uncomfortable surroundings, the mosquitoes and oppressive heat that assailed them as their group sloshed their way through the swamp, the unending fog that made the days shorte...
THE SATYR It was nearly sunset in the tiny (though not as tiny as some) village of Kusta when a barefoot, ivory-skinned, steely-eyed girl walked through the very outskirts and farms on her way to the center. The village that the strange girl had come from was so tiny, that market had only been held one day a week. Kusta was large enough so that market was e...
The org rep came back into the room simply grabbed the trashcan and left again. I truly appreciated those few minutes to compose myself and when the woman returned to the room I was sitting in the chair in front of the desk. My lovely companion spoke with the rep for a few seconds by the door before waving at me and leaving me to finalize the paperwork. "B...
The scene, a small island among the stunningly beautiful Isles of Scilly in the Atlantic Ocean off the southwest tip of the Uk, its two thirty on a warm sunny afternoon with just enough breeze to send the waves crashing against the shore and Sandra, Ponygirl 314 stands patiently admiring the view as she awaits the arrival of the afternoon boat from the mainl...
"Honey, it's all right," Sandra soothed. "Sometimes he irritates me to no end, Gram," Billy whined. They were still sitting in the barn, the others having departed on their morning ride, after being discovered screwing on a stack of hay bales in one of the stalls. "We'll just have to be more discrete in the future," she said softly, trying to ease her gra...