"Did you?" said Lindiwe in genuine surprise. She'd forgotten that her grandmother had once lived in England. In fact, she'd lived there over ten years before Lindiwe was even born. She was reminded that the prospect of following in her grandmother's footsteps had been a factor that had originally attracted her to England. "I remember Reigate very well," her...
Gareth slipped out of the room, tugging the door shut after him gently as not to startle the baby. His face was grave with the task at hand, sharp blue eyes almost glowing in the dim unsteady candlelight of the hallway. At his right side, a man cleared his throat quietly as to make himself known before the intense looking man ran him over in his charge to hi...
Oh death, why has thou forsaken me? My name is Anthony Dhaliwal Adewale, and I want to die. The problem is that I can't. And that, my friends, is a problem. Anyone looking at me would see a six-foot-one, lean and athletic young biracial man with light brown skin, light brown eyes and curly black hair. I was born in the City of Imphal, in the Manipur State of...
The Sky Marshals engines burned brightly through the early morning sky. Those underneath knew not of the hope the two spots of light represented and some even ran in fear, thinking only of the lights to which came before it. A silvery monster had landed only hours before spewing dark demons into the city. Slaughter was indiscriminate and every passing moment...
I remember my friend, Layla. When she came over to swim she would wear a tight pale blue bikini that hugged every curve. Her blonde hair curled tightly over her breasts when she came up from her swan dive. She punctured the pool's surface and gasped. "How was that Chad?" she beamed at me pulling her wet locks out of her eyes. "Uh, seven out of ten?" I said...
V The twins came two years later, deep in the night of the seventh day of the seventh month. The midwife spoke softly of how gently the first had come, and how harshly the second; all Anna Podgolskiv could think about was her husband, and what had taken him from this moment. What was love that it could be so easily sundered? A bureaucrat from the city, som...
I was posted about 25 miles north of Saigon and served in the US Army during the later part of the War. I had to go to Saigon for a promotion board and do some paper work for my insurance. My little detachment had no admin support so the higher headquarters did all that stuff. Being more than a little in need of a haircut and a shave, I was directed straight...
Once again I want to thank my editor "Wires" for his assistance with this story. His advice has improved this chapter drastically. I have made a few changes since his last review and want to emphasize any errors are definitely mine. Over the course of the next nine years Roger's country continued to grow. He stopped building new naval ships when he had s...
Rashidah was the epitome of a successful Malay woman. At age 27 she had achieved what many could only dream of. She was a successful accountant that had work her way from junior accountant all the way to senior manager. She was originally pushed into the field by her father, himself an accountant who ran a lucrative accounting firm. Most Singaporean childr...
My body felt cool as I walked out of the bathroom, the water on my back and legs drying when the air hit it. Will motioned for me to lie down while he turned the blinds to dim the room. Lying down next to me, he stroked my cheek and kissed me deeply, his tongue feeling hot as it darted around in and out of my mouth. I felt a trickle of blood run down my puss...