Author's Note: Several commenters expressed dissatisfaction with the ze/zir/zim pronouns in Chapter 4, so I've produced this alternate version using they/their/them instead. Is it better/worse/same? ~~~~~ Over the next weeks, as 2015 gave way to 2016, the rate of Nova detections kept rising. Several other nations reported isolating the Nova retrovirus and...
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Thanks, mods, for posting so quickly. Much appreciated!!!!! And readers, thanks for your comments. And thanks to Scooter for editing. And no, Heather doesn't get eaten, MasterfulJim! I mean seriously, can you picture a vampire cat? -------------------- CHAPTER FORTY-ONE Hiliad's POV: There is nothing in this God-forsaken world more ero...
My name is Mary. An ordinary girl of working class background. I have just recently moved in this apartment building in London so I can be near the hospital where I worked. When I first came to England, I lived in the hospital's dormitory where I endured boarding with noisy and sometimes untidy roommates. Usually, it's a race when using the shower and toilet...
I was in the garden grafting the roses. I always do more than I need so I have plenty to give away. It's thoughtful to give away a rose bush for Valentine's Day and not just a miserable flower. It's how I've always done it but I'm wondering. How many rose bushes, all the same, can one have? There was a little discomfort, nothing really, I'm always nursing a...
Author's Note: This is the love story of Marty and Todd starting from the very beginning when they first met in college. It also includes several other characters as well as their storylines. This story will be submitted in several parts and is based off the hit soap One Life to Live, yet the "history" has been changed somewhat to suit the purposes of this s...
Dear faithful readers - My apologies for the dreadful delay in returning to this tale of love and high finance. So many stories, so little time... Sierra. ***** A Couple - Part 4 - A Holiday Birth and More Surprises It was the third week of December and we were having a cold spell, with frost. The early morning swim club was in full swing, supervised by S...
This is a work of total fiction We were approaching the last checkpoint and hopefully everything would work out just like the last time. Our contact was there as usual, greedy bastard, but hey what can you do, that's the price of doing business in this part of the world. Greg, my partner, stepped out of the car to do the usual 'handshake', this time the con...
It wasn't until their flight was called that Dani found out where they were going. They were spending their honeymoon at the Mauna Lani Bay Hotel in Hawaii; fourteen glorious days of fun in the sun. She always had the dream of someday going to Hawaii, but now it seemed like a dream within a dream. The Mauna Lani had every imaginable luxury amenity, but she...
Over the next weeks, as 2015 gave way to 2016, the rate of Nova detections kept rising. Several other nations reported isolating the Nova retrovirus and indicated that it had infected 100% of their populations or was expected to do so. Yet, the U.S. government was remaining tight-lipped, even in the face of several nations claiming that the virus originated...
This story could also go in Non-Consent/Reluctance, so if that's not your thing, you've been warned. It could also go in several other categories, but I think that Loving Wives is the best place. **************** When I graduated High School at age 19 I had some things going for me, and some things going against me. I was good looking with a cherubic fa...