The night closed in and so did the forest, dark green and glistening with the dew that had not dried from that morning. Telendra's travelling robes clung to her, weighing her down. It felt like she had not stopped since fleeing through the southern gate of Brazen Keep. Through the fortress town's northern gate had flooded the army of the Penitents, chanting...
Once upon a time there was an old man who lived in a cave carved out of the south side of a mountain. The cave sat in the middle of 50 acres of forests and cliffs that the man owned. The exterior of his cave looked like any other jumble of rocks. The living room window consisted of a single 25 square foot piece of non-reflective glass coated on the outside w...
HOT PURSUIT It was another routine day, another routine patrol for Nita. This was a 'foot' assignment at Evergreen Mall, an upscale two-level complex in fashionable Woodbridge, Virginia. There wasn't much to do besides 'people watch'; and the shy, pretty young black officer would be surprised to know that almost just as much attention was being focused on H...
Steve I am a professor at a large university. My students are men and women of all ages. There seems to be a trend for older people to go back to school to take the courses they are interested in. Since my area is twentieth century literature, I tend to get older students, especially women in their thirties and forties who don't have to work and can attend...
It was six in the morning, a Tuesday in October. Elizabeth was in Phoenix, Arizona but it could have been anywhere. There was no hint of searing desert heat, no warm glow of sunshine here. Only pale early morning light was coming through the curtains. The room was like many others she'd been in, in cities all over the world. A single bed she'd sleep in once,...
I swear I could feel it, the soft touch of her hand against my tear-dampened cheek. I knew it could not be so, death had come between us, had terminated our earthly relationship. I would never feel the human touch of her fingers again. What I could feel was the pain of death, and even more the ripping of my soul that the rift of passing had caused. Our lif...
One sunny Sunday afternoon we make out in the corner of the plus-fifteen, part of a system of enclosed walkways between buildings downtown. As it is late on a Sunday, the mall is quite quiet, and no-one comes through where we are, although people have occasionally been walking past just a few feet beyond our alcove. We've been kissing and teasing each othe...
Prologue The land of Soltaria was a mythical place, it was filled with animals, magic and tales of epic adventure. The land of Soltaria was filled with many wonders amongst it's seven different nations, but despite this all of them lived in harmony together. Though through the peace there were still adventures to be had, the people behind these adventur...
Grimacing with every step she took Thelema forced herself to keep walking, every inch of her body protested. She'd been running through most of the night, a fact she found incredibly surprising, but then the body can force itself to extreme levels in times of danger. It was adrenaline that had kept her moving throughout the night, adrenaline and fear and she...
Curran was about nineteen when the war finally broke. He had seen the horror of death and destruction. He had seen the horrors of rape. He had seen much. He had holed up in a crumbled remnant of a university he could no longer remember. He knew he was safe. The soldiers had long ago abandoned this playground. He was alone. His father having passed away...