They met in a graduate school dorm, where Bill was studying for an M. A. in English, and Ingmar was pursuing a Ph.D. in English. Appropriately, the Masters students lived on the second floor, and the PhD. students occupied the third, the top floor. Presumably, the mere undergraduates had the first floor. Bill was 22 and had come from northern Minnesota. Ingm...
One chance. If he wasn't pleased, both of our lives would be forfeit to his wishes. I hoped that what I offered Prince Brenton would be enough to change his mind. My father was a man of virtue and honor and I hoped that Brenton would remember what owing a debt meant. A man of honor who owed a debt would go to any lengths to make sure that his repayment was a...
If I took up a super new job opportunity I would miss my wank and suck every morning to wake me and all the smothering Janine gives me and Wow! The bedroom fun we have. But the offer was well paid and, wanting the money, I had to consider it seriously. But simply to imagine living for long periods away from my partner was daunting. We were still both in ou...
(Sir) Pulling into the parking lot, the gravel crunching under the weight of the tires. He smiles at finally arriving. It had been a long journey, well, it seemed to him as though it had been. The clock inching forward earlier when he was snared in city traffic. But, as he inched forward, slowly the snare was released and he soon cruised easily along the co...
It's the year 432 AD in Rome. The pagan ways are dying out as the ascendant Christian beliefs consume the empire. After the emperor co-opted Christianity to his own ends and the leaders of the religion started taking the the pagan celebrations and labelling them Christian the followers of the old ways started fading away. Rome itself, the eternal city, was d...
"A dance?" Clara exclaimed, stunned. "You must be joking!" She sat at a kitchen table, knife in one hand and a half-peeled apple in the other, staring at her aunt as if the older woman had grown a second head. Ingrud, not stopping as she peeled an apple as well, shook her head. "No. It's the way of it in Gulder." She tossed the peel in a bucket of scraps....
"Folks, there are three senior positions to be filled," Mr. Shahzad, the vice-president of the company announced to the group, "and those who are promoted will create opportunities for many others to rise also!" There was palpable excitement in the crowd of two dozen gathered in the main lobby of the Mangla guest house. The prospect of promotion raised the...
Author's note: The Carter brothers' legend is a well-known piece of "fakelore" in the New Orleans French Quarter. Tour guides who tell a good story can get a larger tip by pointing out the home of the vampires who cheated death in Louisiana's electric chair and escaped from their family crypt in St. Louis Cemetery. I've been writing about the Carter brothers...
(Author's note: This is the penultimate chapter of A Royal Sacrifice, in which all the deeds and misdeeds committed by the evil wizard Bagdemagus lead up to a thunderous conclusion. I hope you have enjoyed this tale of medieval heroism, heartbreak, lust and love. I have truly enjoyed working with Redhairedandfriendly, Deathlynx and MrsDeathlynx, Maharat, Dar...
Modern day harem life of slaves and their struggles for alpha slave status. Master is unaware of the intrigue and back stabbings that go on when he is away from the harem between his sex slaves. Or is he? Cast: Calista: Lead character Master: Master and owner Sir Jon: Master's longtime friend Lady Martha: Master's first wife Lucinda: a very ambitious...