It was a long ride to Mr. Varan's home. Anna tried to think of something to say, anything to say, but nothing sprang to her mind. It didn't help that he stared straight forward, driving through the vacuum, not looking left or right, not looking at her. Anna finally settled for the same. She looked out of the front window, staring at the barren landscape that...
I have been living in an underground shelter for almost a decade. Earth has just been wiped out completely by a deadly virus but I have managed to survive. I go out to the outside world finding nothing but dead bodies everywhere. I need to find survivors and fast.What's next? The nearest store What's next? The nearest store...
Introduction The Taliban have gone -- left Kabul. Some enterprising local, remembering the old times reopens an old cinema and starts running Hollywood and occasionally erotic films. First he puts on Hollywood classics, then some old films of Emmanuelle and softcore eroticism from the seventies and eighties, which have somehow survived the bombardments of t...
Black Magic Seconds turned to minutes, minutes turned to hours, and hours turned to days, and then there was Friday. "T.G.I.F. Central Louisiana!" Desi turns the car radio up a notch welcoming the familiar voice of her favorite DJ. "Welcome too Friday Flashback! Here in just a little while we got some Nena coming up for ya! So, sit back and enjoy those red...
The fluorescent lights in the station buzzed incessantly, and as Chloe fed her travel card through the ticket machine she cursed the day she jumped a light at 60 miles per hour in her flashy new car. Her punishment; having to travel to and from work by tube and endure the various delays, dysfunctional members and bad odours of society that came with it, for...
Dr. Porneau's Pet: Part 2 by Prevert One Dr. Armand Porneau, who was neither dead nor missing, watched the beautiful young woman splashing playfully in his pool. "Wow!" he thought, "I've seen some big'uns in my time, but damn! Thank you Ms. Wells and thank you God for creating her." Dr. Porneau's knowledge of Tiffany was acquired through etat du art t...
Sophia's phone vibrated and pinged, announcing the arrival of a text message. She groped around in the depths her duffle bag and plucked out her treasured iPhone. She quickly swiped the screen right to see if it was indeed the message she was hoping for. Bingo! Come to my office at 1pm prompt no one will be here and we can spend some you and me time. S...
Jenny counted off the days until her 18th birthday party. Being brought up in a traditional household she was as good an example of a daughter her parents could ever wish for. She was apart of the Church choir, a straight "As" honor student and stayed away from drugs. Her childhood boyfriend Steve also came from the same clean cut family lines. The two talk...
Some people have it easy. They’re born lucky, with money, with families that love them, with talents that let them succeed in life and in some rare cases, all of them together. Then there’s the Average Joes. They live normal, yet challenging lives. It’s a daily struggle, but one that’s possible to overcome with enough effort. They make up the the majority of...
Day 13 13, October 2218 **Mexico City, Mexico** Mexico, Region 2 Inside of the former Mexican president's office. Oscar Mariano was in the middle of talking to both Roxane and Benjamin via a live feed face-time conference. The main topic of discussion with these two regional leaders centered on his marriage to Menja, his infernal imp wife-to-be, that was...