Twelfth Annual Conference of Numerical Astrophysics, 2014, presentations: Wednesday morning Magnetism. That was the sensation. I'd felt it once or twice before, a feeling completely unlike the usual sense of desire. Something needle sharp, inevitable, specific. It set in as she talked, her voice, the knowledge that this person should be part of my life...
Chapter 15 - The Next Step A few days later Ted and Carol were to be found in an adult store looking for videos of young hung men, naked from head to toe, sporting erections or jacking off. They found more of these in the "gay" section than in the "straight" section, but it did not matter. They were not looking for videos of coupling. They also picked up a...
Freedom Summer, they called it, the summer when three civil rights workers were murdered by a mob of Ku Klux Klansmen. It was the summer after The Beatles splashed on to the American cultural scene and the summer of the '64 New York World's Fair. It was the summer when Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, and the summer before Lyndon Johnson's land...
Walter has just finished college and is spending one last summer taking care of his weird uncle's cabin located on Pond Cove, a secluded area surrounded by a government nature preserve. All of the other owners, except one, have been bought out by the government which wants to turn Pond Cove into a frog sanctuary. Walter meets his neighbors for the summer– si...
This is the third chapter. It would be helpful if you've read the first two. DAY 3 Josh heard his phone beep, immediately grabbed it and turned it off. He sat up put on a fresh t-shirt, clean boxers and shorts, and quietly left the guys' tent. He went and took a piss, then went back to the camp and brushed his teeth. Finally, he sat down next to the dead f...
Author's Note: I fully realize that the laws for child custody and adoption are much more complex than represented here. The real laws are frequently counter-productive and in many cases provide less support for children -- rather than more. Several people have suggested that I change the time of the story back to when the bureaucracy was smaller -- but for...
AUTHOR'S NOTE: A big high-five to my editor, 'The One That Shall Not Be Named.' But it's Scooter. -------------------- CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE Before I realized it, Frannie had me against the wall and slapped me across the face so hard my head jerked away sharply. "Get a hold of yourself!" she told me harshly. "There's no need for you to speak like that."...
"Do you have a death wish?" Ragon asked Bell when they were back in the car together. Cambridge drove behind them in Clyde's car, with Larissa, Sandra and Thomas for passengers. Both Clyde and Sameth followed the coven on foot, ensuring that the group were not followed. As soon as Ragon had heard Bell's recount of the events between her and Kiara he knew t...
Author's note: All characters and companies mentioned in this story have no existence outside the imagination of the author, and have no relation whatsoever to anyone or anything bearing the same name or names. Events portrayed in this story are pure invention and have not been based on any events that have happen in real life. All the characters involved in...
I could feel warmth of bodies next to mine. One large hand rubbing comforting circles on my back and another smoothing over my thigh. The fresh scent of a spring breeze drifted over me swirling my own slightly floral scent with the musky amber incense smell that felt like home and family. Teeth began to nibble at the back of my neck and they were moving towa...