***This is one of those chapters which need to happen now and again. I'm not overly fond of writing "meanwhile, back at the ranch" chapters, but there are a few logistics issues which will need tying up in the next chapter or so. Then again, I've just had the thought that some might like this sort of thing, so if you're one of those who like a tale with far...
Jason woke to the sunlight streaming through his apartment window and blinked against the bright light. He smiled, knowing that today was going to be a good day! Having found out Brad's secret and exposing him, had dusted the bastard in a way that he would never recover! He still shivered at the thought of what both he and his dad had gotten away with for al...
Jaesa sat in her sanctum, going over the various data streams that came to her from all over the ship. It was just a little past two AM, and the whole crew was asleep. She grinned to herself, as she had taken some good guesses about what each crew member was up to in their spare time. Especially with what Inari and Priya had just been doing, which was quite....
Thanks to WAA01 for the edits. ****** Darlene laid next to her current lover; her hand lightly ran along his chest. While it wasn't as defined as her husband's was, something he would never tell her how or why a thirty-year-old man had an eight pack when few could achieve a six pack; nor would he ever tell her why a few of his scars looked like bullet woun...
I'll keep releasing more of this story that I wrote in 2016 as I edit it... Much easier to do than nine-fingered typing an entire story! Although that's not as hard as I thought it would be, hunt and pecking with my injured hand while touch typing with the good one... The events here begin less than 12 hours after Jo left for work at the end of Chapter 1....
***This chapter will need to be read a little slowly, since what happened in the past is presented from two POVs. One is by the man who it happened to, and the other is what Louhi learns. If it all gets to be a little too much, her explanation to him near the end ought to clear it up. I uh, ... hope. I always learn a hell of a lot when I write anything wi...
Author's Note: Well, here it is, the first chapter of my post apocalyptic story! It took some doing to hammer out the details, but here it is, finished and with more chapters waiting to be written! I do hope that everyone who wanted this story enjoys this opening chapter, as I put a lot of love into this story! Now, shall we begin? *************************...
***I'm moving the spotlight away from Louhi for a little while. This will tie in later, but for now, we're looking at the border country which separates England from Scotland. The year is not 1000AD yet but I needed a clan who could have been active there near the border and had a feud running with their opposite numbers on the other side. I picked a name,...
*** A little of what's happening in both places now, at sea and on land. Something to note here; The creatures back at the keep are not human and they have a rather involved societal structure. I'm aware that there are readers who might not especially like the way that these things all have a varying degree of capability to go in both directions which depe...
***By the Tenth Century, the peoples of Northern Scotland, the Faeroes, Orkneys and Shetland Islands all found their ways of speaking being supplanted by a language that is today known as Old Norse. The more southerly groups regionalized this even more with what is now known as Norn, a rather insular variant which is now extinct other than as a flavoring in...