The empty shell of the townhouse still smouldered as the fire crew carried out the charred remains of another victim. The corpse soon joined the line of black body bags behind a parked ambulance, hidden from the gathered TV cameras. No doubt an effort to give them a dignity in death that they didn't have in life. So… what happened at this old townhouse? DC B...
Life can take us in many unpredictable journeys. Take me for example. My name is Amira Anisah Rafiq. In another life, my name was Greta Von Rossbach. A six-foot-two, lean and athletic, blonde-haired and blue-eyed Caucasian woman living in the City of Riyadh, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. I have been living there for more than twenty years now. I'm the wife...
Chapter 04 Long Live Magus Khan A very, long, long time ago in Asia Ran closed his eyes and called his animal spirit, the hawk, for its assistance. Suddenly it soared in the darkness behind his closed eye lids. Can I save the Khan? One long screech; negative. "Damn it!" Can I defeat Magara? Three loud screeches; positive Show me what I must do. Ran s...
For those of you who ever wonder about what really goes on inside a Mosque, I got some enticing news for you. My name is Ahmed Hassan, and I'm a young man of Saudi Arabian descent living in the City of Orleans, Province of Ontario. I am openly bisexual, and the Imam of my Mosque is okay with it because he embraces a radical new form of Islam. Relax, folks. I...
Many thanks to nickitaylor for editing, suggestions and encouragement. ***** Western Valley College (The White Vampyres Club) After decades as a women's college, Western Valley College finally admitted a limited number of men, but just on a trial basis. Declining enrollment and a shrinking endowment forced the board of trustees to accept the inevitable...
The day I met Stephen Lemieux is the day my life changed forever. My name is Afaf Al-Rahman and I’m a woman with a story to share with you. I was born in the harsh environs of metropolitan Najran, Southwestern Saudi Arabia, and moved to the City of Makkah in the Al Madinah region during the eleventh summer of my life. My parents, Aref and Mona Al-Rahman work...
According to a strict Saudi Arabian law on racial and cultural relations, no Saudi woman is permitted to marry a man from outside the Arab States of the Gulf, which include Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar or the United Arab Emirates. The realms of the Arab monarchs. Of course, by the same edict, Saudi men may marry women from whatever country or culture they so...
They say you can never go home again, and I guess in my case that's all too true. The name is Abdulaziz Hussein and I'm a young man living in the City of Ottawa, province of Ontario. I was born in the town of Jeddah, in the Western coast of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, to an Ethiopian mother and Saudi father. A year ago, everything in my life was going so we...
My name is Anneke Von Hauser. I was born in the City of Heidelberg, in the Baden-Wurttemberg region of Germany, but raised in the City of Ottawa, Province of Ontario. I'm a first generation German-Canadian. My parents Adele and Alwin Von Hauser are immigrants, and we're very proud of our German heritage as we adjust to Canadian culture. After living in the O...
My friend was back in town. My fishing buddy. My Warder of the Western Wood. Just for a week. Holidays, he said. But I think he needed to see me. Some months before he had moved to the remote mountains of Montana. Then gone incommunicado. He had hoped I would take flight with him, surprised that I could pass up on his loving. Being a simple man of the Earth...