DEWICKIES, ALWAYS SILENT UNTIL sunset, pierced the late morning calm with their chirping like an unexpected slap to the face. Hearts pounding, claws extended I jumped to my knees in alarm, eyes scanning around me, hands framing the ground ready to take off if needed. The tiny opportunistic cannibal flies, would descend on their prey in a swarm devouring even...
It was hot outside. The kind of heat and humidity that is positively oppressive. It felt like the summer would never end, and during the hottest weeks of the year your AC took a shit. The fans aren't doing anything to move the still, swampy air. The closest place with good Wi-Fi and climate control is the library. It's been updated with a lot of quiet corner...
Andrew Dunbar had donned the kilt just two years after his first long trousers, and turned seventeen in the trenches of Flanders. It amazed him, sometimes, that he was there, for he had been odd man out among his four brothers. Among those feuding hoodlums in the slums of Glasgow, Andrew was timid and studious, and would as soon have spent his life in the Mi...
The arrow tip followed its target slowly, staying on mark and waiting for the right moment to release. Kyle MacDonnell was a skilled hunter and waited patiently, keeping the tension on the bow taut. He stepped lightly through the underbrush, keeping his footfalls near silent, as he kept his distance from the stag, grazing on new shoots. He saw it turning his...
I was getting used to my new life. My clone, who was now my master turned me into his obedient slave, into his maid and his toy. I'd cook us meals, do the dishes and all other tasks a housewife would usually do. My master took over the rest of my life, he went to my job, took over my business, my social life and made everything his. He started working out mo...
Stuart could see that many of the guests were getting tired, but still interested in the story. Feeling it should be told to completion, he thought of something to really make it hit home with a flourish. "How about I finish here and let everyone get a good sleep. In the morning, we'll rise early at six or so and we'll go fer a sail on the yacht. I'll ha'e...
"Well, come, for pity's sake! Let me look at you." From the security of the shadowed doorway, Isabel bristled at her brother's arrogant command, but she came all the same. Once, she would have tossed a derisive comment his way, uncaring of the hateful things he'd say -- or do -- in response. But now that she was no longer in a position to gainsay him, it wa...
{Chapter I, Comeback to Sorrento} Nimrod, Powerful English Djinn and uncle to the Similarly empowered, but quite Dissimilar twins John and Philippa Gaunt, had absolutely no idea why he should have felt compelled to invite his young niece and nephew on his annual holiday to the Southern Italian town of Sorrento an his favourite grand hotel in southern Italy,...
I am always amazed by just how adventurous Sara can be when it comes to sex. One day at lunch, Sara and I were talking about what turns us on. I, of course, talked about the way Sara kisses me, seeing her naked and well, just being around her when she is really horny. When it was her turn, Sara blushed a little bit, and said, "No, I can't tell you. You'll t...
Weak sepia sunlight warmed the wooden draining board, tiny feet kicked excitedly at the prospect of auntie Katie's arrival. Seated on his precipitous perch, the little boy could barely contain himself, his baby eyes seen only the chink of light as Katy appeared at the door with his mother "ma wee soul, come tae Katy ma wee lamb, it's yir birthday darlin' co...