*Author's Note: Any persons engaging in sexual activity are at least eighteen years of age. Chapter 101 Paul patted Barbara's back gently until the infant fell back to sleep; tummy full and diaper dry. Paulie was still asleep; the two year old toddler would probably sleep until Aunt Pam came to get him for his breakfast. Candy was also still asleep; it w...
The objective of this summer's road trip was to visit the orphanage where I had grown up, in California, and to find some areas where Lily and I could conduct interviews for our research towards our graduate program dissertations. We, also, wanted to reconnect with our friend Anne whom we met during Jane's and my first road trip together, several years earli...
CHAPTER ONE: SUNDAY. An unexpected meeting in the cemetery. Tim Bloomfield put a sketchbook, soft pencils, stanley knife, eraser and pens into a plastic carrier bag, walked carefully down the stairs from his flat, let himself out of his front door tucked between a pizza restaurant and an estate agent, and crossed the road under a hot June sun to the entra...
It was a wonderfully clear day that was still cool in temperature. The winter had been long, wet and cold in this small Midwestern city of 80,000 souls. The late March breeze still hinted of the winter winds that had torn at the students of the small university as they moved from building to building each day. The sunshine hinted at the warm days to come bef...
Author's Notes: 'A Shepherd's Crook' is a new tale in the Chronicles of Ben Shepherd. The chronological order of the stories is: The Shepherd of Ashburn Court -- Parts 1 - 5A Shepherd in France -- Parts 1 & 2A Shepherd Afield -- Parts 1 - 5The Shepherd's Crook -- Part 1 Minimal effort is made in this tale to explain the backstory, so please read the...
1 Jets of blue flame erupted silently from maneuvering rockets as a small, sleek, white space shuttle approached a field of debris from the damaged transport ship, Kraton. Carefully, the craft’s pilot picked her way through floating chunks of metal, plastic, and cabling, past the occasional coffee pot, spoon or framed photograph, beyond the rent and twisted...
Oh no it's the unlucky thirteen, run for the hills. Still there? Dang it, I guess that means I will have to try harder. I will get you to run away, oh yes I will. I seem to have made this one a little long, so nine pages. So tempting to just keep typing stuff up here to stretch it to ten pages. I won't do that, at least not on purpose but maybe I can accide...
This is novel length my friends, so if you're not into reading a lengthy story this won't be something you'll enjoy. This is the correct, edited piece. For those of you who take the time to read the story in it's entirety I thank you. I hope you enjoy the story as much as I did writing it. * Jade glanced around at the destruction in front of her. Her apart...
They talk a lot about the blackness of outer space. Yet, you only realize how black it is, when you open your eyes during a dark Earth night. What you notice is that the absence of light appears as a dark gray with a lot of colorful squiggles running across your vision. You open and close your eyes. And, you can't tell the difference. So, like with your eyes...
Chapter One Ashley and David were fighting. She was shouting at him, slamming doors, furious. Then she suddenly stopped. Just stopped, and wondered what she was doing. "I don't want us to be like this," she said. David looked at her. "What?" Ashley said. "You're sick of me? This doesn't work? This is where we decide it is actually too hard, after all?"...