This story plays fast and loose with Ancient History and Linguistics; be warned. Do you think you know who you are? Step outside your comfort zone. Reader edited - the faults are mine. ***** (11:00 p.m. Thursday Night) Rhada stood by the Lily Pond. She'd looked at her phone once. A couple had walked past, causing me to delay my approach and heightened R...
Editing magic performed by KJ24 and Shyqash, plus contributions by the regular gang of brigands and neer-do-wells Loving your enemy is easy. You know precisely where the two of you stand Just in case anyone cares, I do not hate China or the Chinese People. As a Global Power, the PRC is fair game as a great antagonist. Not only do they have, as of 2015, the...
***Meet Randi Farber. She's a young woman who's having a hard life and still manages to smile now and then in spite of the things which have happened to her. 0_o --------------- Book of the Forsaken Part 1 In the ruins of Palmyra, another servant awoke in darkness. Taken from an almost dead world by the same malefic race which had taught -- and used Dakh...
Chapter One Submission "This has been the week from hell," Valerie thought to herself. All week she had been working ten to twelve hour days, desperately trying to get the Hopkins account finished on time. "At least the account is done and the presentation went off without a hitch. Now I can relax, at least until Monday." She knew just what she wanted toni...
The cold fingers of the wind seeped through even the careful layers that she pulled tighter about her, hardening nipples that were already aching with need for their touch. Once more the waters of the fjord were as turbulent as the emotions blowing inside her mind, tossing and rolling waves lapped at the sides of the boat. Kirsty stilled herself for whatever...
This story was edited by ErikThread and DaveT with my thanks and appreciation. Any errors are mine alone. ***** Chapter 1 Getting Fit and Getting Fitted "Damn, Andrea, I'm not losing any more weight lately," I said, preparing for bed one evening. "Oh, that's too bad," she said, not looking up from her book. My wife reads in bed before turning the lights...
From Chapter 03: Amy and I live together for a week to make it easier for us to collaborate on our term papers. She continues to charm me, but she is a little spooked by our sudden closeness, and dates around a little. I have a final date with Janie, and the next evening with Amy, I decide to concentrate on her, and vow to ask her to move in with me. The cha...
Chapter 4 People Last night I did not sleep well. It was bad, real bad. I practically relived my past. And was such a horrible night. Seeing my mother like that again. It makes me think why I'm even here. Like just ask yourself over and over why are you here? But you get no damn answer! Just ask god, to just kill myself, but I tried over many years, and i...
Work in the past week had dried up for Dylan and he desperately needed some cash flow. Luckily he had enough saved up from a couple of photo shoots and a corporate engagement from the prior week that he had the guest house paid for until the end of the month. He walked up the stairs to his apartment above the garage and fumbled with the keys while holding tw...
*I want to give a big thank you to you guys for your continued support. I really appreciate you taking the time to read, vote and comment. It means a whole lot to me. :) I hope you'll enjoy this chapter. x* Erica gave a parting wave to her massage client, then walked down the steps of the mini mansion and headed towards her car. Having finished up with h...